gamut

Main Entry:
gamut [gam-uht]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: range
Synonyms: area, catalogue, compass, diapason, extent, field, panorama, scale, scope, series, spectrum, sweep
Notes: gamut is a complete extent or range; gauntlet is a form of punishment or torture in which a person is forced to run between two lines of people facing each other and armed with clubs, whips, and other weapons to beat the victim, or to offer or accept a challenge, or a protective glove with long sleeve
Main Entry: range
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sphere, distance, extent
Synonyms: ambit, amplitude, area, bounds, circle, compass, confines, diapason, dimension, dimensions, domain, earshot, elbowroom, expanse, extension, extensity, field, gamut, hearing, ken, latitude, leeway, length, limits, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, orbit, order, panorama, parameters, play, province, purview, radius, reach, realm, run, run of, scope, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, swing, territory, tune, vicinity, width
Antonyms: extreme
Main Entry: range
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: order, series
Synonyms: assortment, chain, class, collection, file, gamut, kind, line, lot, rank, row, selection, sequence, sort, string, tier, variety
Antonyms: part
Main Entry: reach
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extent, range; stretch
Synonyms: ability, ambit, capacity, command, compass, distance, extension, gamut, grasp, horizon, influence, jurisdiction, ken, latitude, magnitude, mastery, orbit, play, power, purview, radius, scope, spread, sweep, swing
Antonyms: limitation
Main Entry: scale
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: graduated system
Synonyms: calibration, computation, degrees, extent, gamut, gradation, hierarchy, ladder, order, pecking order, progression, proportion, range, ranking, rate, ratio, reach, register, rule, scope, sequence, series, spectrum, spread, steps, system, way
Notes: octave is the distance covered by any eight notes of a scale; a scale is a series of eight notes played in alphabetical order
Main Entry: stretch
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: expanse
Synonyms: amplitude, area, branch, breadth, bridge, compass, dimension, distance, expansion, extension, extent, gamut, length, orbit, proliferation, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, space, span, spread, sweep, tract, wing
Main Entry: spectrum
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: range
Synonyms: compass, extent, field, gamut, scale, scope, span, sweep
Main Entry: purview
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: range
Synonyms: ambit, amplitude, area, bounds, circle, compass, confines, diapason, dimension, dimensions, domain, earshot, elbowroom, expanse, extension, extensity, extent, field, gamut, hearing, ken, latitude, leeway, length, limits, magnitude, matter, neighborhood, orbit, order, panorama, parameters, play, province, radius, reach, realm, run, run of, scope, space, span, spectrum, sphere, spread, stretch, sweep, swing, territory, tune, vicinity, width
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Main Entry: breadth
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
ample, broad, discous, dumpy, extended, fanlike, latitudinous, outspread, outstretched, squab, squat, thick, thick as a rope, thickset, wide, wide as a church dorr, widening
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