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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exact, precise |
| Synonyms: | blow-by-blow, careful, circumstantial, clocklike, close, critical, detailed, elaborate, exhaustive, full, itemized, meticulous, painstaking, particular, particularized, punctilious, scrupulous, specialized, thorough |
| Antonyms: | imprecise, inexact, rough |
| Main Entry: | sweeping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wide-ranging |
| Synonyms: | across-the-board, all-around, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, all-out, bird's-eye, blanket, broad, complete, comprehensive, exaggerated, exhaustive, extensive, full, general, global, inclusive, indiscriminate, out-and-out, overall, overdrawn, overstated, radical, thorough, thorough-going, unqualified, vast, wall-to-wall, whole-hog, wholesale, wide |
| Antonyms: | exclusive, narrow |
| Main Entry: | utmost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extreme, maximum |
| Synonyms: | absolute, all-out, chief, complete, entire, exhaustive, farthest, final, full, furthermost, greatest, highest, last, last straw, maximal, most, most distant, out of bounds, outermost, outside, paramount, plenary, preeminent, remotest, sheer, supreme, thorough, thoroughgoing, too much*, too-too, top, topmost, total, ultimate, ultra*, unconditional, undiminished, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, uttermost, whole, worst case |
| Notes: | outmost means farthest possible point from a center; utmost means of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity |
| Antonyms: | middle, moderate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | whole |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | entire, complete |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, aggregate, all, choate, completed, concentrated, conclusive, consummate, every, exclusive, exhaustive, fixed, fulfilled, full, full-length, gross, in one piece, inclusive, integral, outright, perfect, plenary, rounded, total, unabbreviated, unabridged, uncut, undivided, unexpurgated, unqualified, utter |
| Notes: | a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something, while whole means complete, not divided a whole comprises its parts, consists of its parts, and is composed of its parts; parts constitute a whole |
| Antonyms: | fractional, incomplete, part, partial |
| Main Entry: | thorough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-encompassing |
| Synonyms: | absolute, accurate, arrant, careful, complete, comprehensive, consummate, detailed, exact, exhaustive, extreme, finished, full, ingrained, intensive, meticulous, out-and-out, painstaking, profound, thoroughly, unmitigated, utter |
| Antonyms: | cursory, partial, sciolistic, superficial |
| Main Entry: | in-depth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | painstaking |
| Synonyms: | complete, comprehensive, detailed, diligent, exhaustive, extensive, extensively, thorough, thoroughly |
| Main Entry: | blow-by-blow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | detailed |
| Synonyms: | complete, exhaustive, in-depth, minute, precise, step by step, thorough |
| Main Entry: | full-dress |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thorough |
| Synonyms: | all-out, careful, complete, exhaustive, important, thoroughgoing |
| Main Entry: | thoroughpaced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thorough |
| Synonyms: | absolute, all the way, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-out, assiduous, blow-by-blow, careful, circumstantial, clocklike, complete, comprehensive, conscientious, detailed, efficient, exact, exhaustive, from A to Z, full, full-dress, in-depth, intensive, itemized, meticulous, minute, painstaking, particular, particularized, plenty, royal, scrupulous, slam-bang, soup to nuts, sweeping, thoroughgoing, tough*, whole-hog |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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