| Main Entry: | across-the-board |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broad in scope |
Synonyms: |
all, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, broad in content, complete, comprehensive, encompassing, everything, extensive, global, including all categories, including all members, panoptic, sweeping, total, wide, widespread |
| Main Entry: | blanket |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comprehensive |
Synonyms: |
absolute, across-the-board, all-inclusive, overall, powerful, sweeping, unconditional, wide-ranging |
Antonyms: |
incomplete, uncomprehensive |
| Main Entry: | broad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extensive |
Synonyms: |
all-embracing, all-inclusive, comprehensive, copious, encyclopedic, expansive, extended, far-flung, far-reaching, general, inclusive, nonspecific, scopic, sweeping, ubiquitous, undetailed, universal, unlimited, wide, wide-ranging, widespread |
Antonyms: |
narrow, small |
| Main Entry: | catholic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | all-embracing, general |
Synonyms: |
all-inclusive, broad-minded, charitable, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, diffuse, eclectic, ecumenical, extensive, generic, global, inclusive, indeterminate, large-scale, liberal, open-minded, planetary, receptive, tolerant, unbigoted, universal, unprejudiced, unsectarian, whole, wide, world-wide |
| Notes: | Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope |
Antonyms: |
narrow, narrow-minded, specific |
| Main Entry: | complete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | finished |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, achieved, all over, all over but the shouting, all-embracing, all-inclusive, attained, compassed, concluded, consummate, done, done with, down, effected, ended, entire, executed, fini, finished off, full, full-fledged, home free, perfect, plenary, realized, sweeping, terminated, that's it, through |
Antonyms: |
imperfect, incomplete, unfinished |
| Main Entry: | comprehensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inclusive |
Synonyms: |
absolute, across the board, all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, catholic, compendious, complete, comprising, containing, discursive, encircling, encyclopedic, exhaustive, expansive, extensive, far-reaching, full, general, global, in depth, infinite, lock stock and barrel, of great scope, overall, sweeping, synoptic, the big picture, the whole shebang, the works, thorough, umbrella, wall-to-wall, whole, wide, widespread |
Antonyms: |
exclusive, incomprehensive, particular, selective, specific |
| Main Entry: | detailed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | itemized, particularized |
Synonyms: |
abundant, accurate, all-inclusive, amplified, at length, blow-by-blow, circumstantial, circumstantiated, clocklike, complete, complicated, comprehensive, copious, definite, described, developed, disclosed, elaborate, elaborated, enumerated, exact, exhausting, exhaustive, finicky*, full, fussy*, individual, individualized, intricate, meticulous, minute, narrow, nice, point-by-point, precise, seriatim, specific, specified, thorough, unfolded |
Antonyms: |
brief, cursory, inexhaustive, nonspecific, sparing, uncomplicated, undetailed |
| Main Entry: | ecumenical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | general |
Synonyms: |
all-comprehensive, all-inclusive, all-pervading, catholic, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, global, inclusive, planetary, unifying, universal, worldwide |
| Main Entry: | encyclopedic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | comprehensive |
Synonyms: |
all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, catholic, complete, discursive, exhaustive, extensive, general, thorough, thorough-going, universal, vast, wide-ranging, widespread |
Antonyms: |
brief, incomplete, summary, uncomprehensive |
| Main Entry: | extensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | far-reaching, thorough |
Synonyms: |
across the board, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, big, blanket*, boundless, broad, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, comprising, considerable, expanded, extended, far-flung, general, great, hefty, huge, inclusive, indiscriminate, large, large-scale, lengthy, long, major, pervasive, prevalent, protracted, roomy, scopic, scopious, sizable, spacious, sweeping, unexclusive, universal, unrestricted, vast, voluminous, wall to wall, wholesale, wide, wide-ranging, widespread |
Antonyms: |
limited, narrow, restricted, short, uncomprehensive |