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extensive
adjective as in far-reaching, thorough
Strongest matches
broad, comprehensive, considerable, expanded, huge, large, large-scale, lengthy, major, pervasive, protracted, sweeping, vast, voluminous, wide-ranging
Weak matches
across the board, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, big, blanket, boundless, capacious, commodious, comprising, extended, far-flung, general, great, hefty, inclusive, indiscriminate, long, prevalent, roomy, scopic, scopious, sizable, spacious, unexclusive, universal, unrestricted, wall-to-wall, wholesale, wide, widespread
Example Sentences
Interestingly, about half of these adaptive signals were detectable only in the oldest time periods, meaning they later vanished due to genetic drift or were masked by extensive population mixing.
Sometimes, the damages become so extensive that they impact the function of forest ecosystems, not least the ability of forests to provide wood and other tree products.
Researchers conducted extensive tests to validate the patch's safety and accuracy.
Though some of its lenses are used in healthcare and engineering, Beck’s website details extensive military and defence applications.
After careful evaluation of the extensive data, the results are now available: they provide detailed information on changes in the morphology and structure of the material, but also on chemical processes during discharge.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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