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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-encompassing, all-embracing |
| Synonyms: | across-the-board, all the options, all together, all-around, ball-of-wax, blanket*, broad, catchall, comprehensive, encyclopedic, full, general, global, in toto, overall, sweeping, umbrella*, wall-to-wall, whole, without exception |
| Antonyms: | exclusive, incomprehensive, narrow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indiscriminate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | random, chaotic |
| Synonyms: | aimless, assorted, broad, careless, confused, designless, desultory, extensive, general, haphazard, heterogeneous, hit-or-miss, imperceptive, jumbled, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mongrel, motley*, multifarious, promiscuous, purposeless, shallow, spot, superficial, sweeping, unconsidered, uncritical, undiscriminating, unmethodical, unplanned, unselective, unsystematic, varied, variegated, wholesale, wide |
| Antonyms: | chosen, critical, definite, discriminatory, methodical, particular, selective, specific, systematic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | large |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big, abundant |
| Synonyms: | ample, barn door, blimp, booming, broad, bulky, capacious, colossal, comprehensive, considerable, copious, enormous, excessive, exorbitant, extensive, extravagant, full, generous, giant, gigantic, goodly, grand, grandiose, great, gross, hefty, huge, humongous*, immeasurable, immense, jumbo, liberal, massive, monumental, mountainous, plentiful, populous, roomy, sizable, spacious, stupendous, substantial, super, sweeping, thumping, tidy, vast, voluminous, whopping, wide |
| Antonyms: | little, miniature, small, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lax |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slack, remiss |
| Synonyms: | any way, asleep on job, behindhand, broad, careless, casual, delinquent, derelict, devil-may-care, disregardful, easygoing, flaccid, forgetful, general, imprecise, inaccurate, indefinite, indifferent, inexact, lenient, neglectful, negligent, nonspecific, oblivious, overindulgent, paying no mind, regardless, shapeless, slipshod, sloppy, soft, unmindful, vague, yielding |
| Antonyms: | hard, rigid, strict, tight |
| Main Entry: | liberal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | progressive |
| Synonyms: | advanced, avant-garde, broad, broad-minded, catholic, enlightened, flexible, free, general, high-minded, humanistic, humanitarian, indulgent, intelligent, interested, latitudinarian, left, lenient, libertarian, loose, magnanimous, permissive, radical, rational, reasonable, receiving, receptive, reformist, tolerant, unbiased, unbigoted, unconventional, understanding, unorthodox, unprejudiced |
| Antonyms: | conservative, narrow, narrow-minded |
| Main Entry: | panoramic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sweeping |
| Synonyms: | all-around, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, bird's-eye, blanket, broad, complete, comprehensive, far-reaching, full, panned, scenic, wide-ranging |
| Main Entry: | passable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear and able to be traveled |
| Synonyms: | accessible, attainable, beaten, broad, crossable, easy, fair, graded, motorable, navigable, open, penetrable, reachable, travelable, traveled, traversable, unblocked, unobstructed |
| Notes: | passable means 'barely satisfactory or able to be passed'; passible means 'capable of feeling or suffering' |
| Antonyms: | blocked, obstructed |
| Main Entry: | plain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clear, obvious |
| Synonyms: | apparent, audible, big as life, broad, comprehensible, definite, distinct, evident, legible, lucid, manifest, open, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, talking turkey, transparent, understandable, visible |
| Notes: | plane is essentially the same word as plain, both ultimately coming from Latin planus 'flat' or 'clear' |
| Antonyms: | complex, complicated, hidden, intricate, obscured, unclear, vague |
| Main Entry: | portly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bulky, fat |
| Synonyms: | ample, avoirdupois, beefy, broad, burly, corpulent, fleshy, heavy, hefty, husky, large, obese, overweight, plump, rotund, stout |
| Antonyms: | skinny, slender, thin |
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