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pervasive
adjective as in extensive
Strongest matches
common, inescapable, omnipresent, prevalent, rife, ubiquitous, universal
Weak matches
all over the place, can't get away from, general, permeating, pervading, wall-to-wall, widespread
Example Sentences
They include pervasive chronic disease, poor nutrition and the ubiquity of processed foods containing artificial chemicals.
It’s a field in which criminality is “pervasive,” as the FBI reported in September.
“These results demonstrated pervasive nonadherence to age verification, shipping, and flavored tobacco restrictions among online tobacco retailers,” the study’s authors wrote.
According to Patterson, social death is a state of permanent and violent domination coupled with physical separation from one’s family or homeland and marked by a pervasive condition of dishonor.
His wins may not appear to be as sizeable, but they are pervasive.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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