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general - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: general
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: common, accepted
Synonyms: accustomed, broad, commonplace, conventional, customary, everyday, extensive, familiar, generic, habitual, humdrum, inclusive, natural, normal, ordinary, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, regular, routine, run-of-the-mill*, typical, uneventful, universal, usual, wide, widespread, wonted, matter-of-course
Antonyms: abnormal, exceptional, extraordinary, individual, novel, rare, uncommon, unique, unusual, unaccepted
Main Entry: general
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inexact, approximate
Synonyms: ill-defined, inaccurate, indefinite, loose, uncertain, vague, imprecise, not partial, not particular, not specific, undetailed, unspecific
Antonyms: definite, exact, individual, limited, particular, singular, specific, circumscribed
Main Entry: general
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: comprehensive
Synonyms: across-the-board*, all-around*, all-inclusive*, ample, blanket, broad, catholic, collective, diffuse, ecumenical, encyclopedic, endless, extensive, far-reaching, generic, global, inclusive, indiscriminate, infinite, limitless, miscellaneous, overall, panoramic, sweeping, total, ubiquitous, universal, unlimited, wide, worldwide, all-embracing, comprehending, taken as a whole, unconfined
Antonyms: limited, circumscribed
Main Entry: chief
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person in charge
Synonyms: big cheese*, big wheel*, bigwig*, boss, captain, commander, dictator, director, general, governor, head, honcho*, leader, manager, monarch, overlord, overseer, president, principal, proprietor, ringleader, ruler, sovereign, superintendent, supervisor, big gun, chieftain, foreperson, head honcho, head person, key player, suzerain, top brass, top cat
Antonyms: apprentice, employee, servant, subordinate, underling, worker
Main Entry: cognate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: alike, associated
Synonyms: affiliated, agnate, akin, allied, analogous, comparable, connected, general, generic, incident, kindred, like, related, same, similar, universal, connate, connatural, consanguine
Notes: A doublet is one of two or more words derived ultimately from a single source: abbreviate/abridge, fragile/frail, guardian/warden. The doublets may or may not show much resemblance and they also vary in closeness of meaning. Somewhere along their line of development they diverge and go off in different paths. The term cognate is usually reserved for two or more words in different languages that share a common ancestor as English father, Latin Pater, Greek pater, Spanish and Italian padre, French pere, and German Vater.
Antonyms: dissimilar, unconnected, unlike, disassociated, unalike, unallied
Main Entry: communal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: collective; shared
Synonyms: common, community, cooperative, general, joint, mutual, neighborhood, public, communistic, conjoint, conjunct, intermutual
Antonyms: individual, personal, private, unshared
Main Entry: comprehensive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inclusive
Synonyms: absolute, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, catholic, compendious, complete, discursive, encyclopedic, exhaustive, expansive, extensive, far-reaching, full, general, global, infinite, overall, sweeping, thorough, umbrella, whole, wide, widespread, across the board, all-embracing, comprising, containing, encircling, in depth, lock stock and barrel, of great scope, synoptic, the big picture, the whole shebang, the works, wall-to-wall
Antonyms: exclusive, particular, selective, specific, incomprehensive
Main Entry: current
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: contemporary; common
Synonyms: accepted, accustomed, afoot, circulating, customary, doing, extant, fad, fashionable, general, hot*, in vogue, instant, mod*, modern, now*, ongoing, popular, present, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, regnant, rife, ruling, state-of-the-art, swinging, topical, trendy, up-to-date, widespread, common knowledge, cutting-edge, existent, going around, in, in circulation, in progress, in the mainstream, in the news, in use, leading-edge, on front burner, present-day
Antonyms: antiquated, old, old-fashioned, past, uncommon, uncontemporary
Main Entry: customary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: usual, established
Synonyms: SOP*, accepted, according to Hoyle*, accustomed, acknowledged, by the numbers*, chronic, common, confirmed, conventional, established, everyday, familiar, fashionable, frequent, general, habitual, household, normal, ordinary, orthodox, popular, prescriptive, recognized, regular, regulation, routine, standard, standard operating procedure*, traditional, understood, universal, wonted, in a rut, in the groove, playing it safe, same old, stipulated
Antonyms: abnormal, different, irregular, occasional, rare, sometime, unusual
Main Entry: encyclopedic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: comprehensive
Synonyms: all-inclusive, broad, catholic, complete, discursive, exhaustive, extensive, general, thorough, universal, vast, widespread, all-embracing, all-encompassing, thorough-going, wide-ranging
Antonyms: brief, incomplete, summary, uncomprehensive
Main Entry: epidemic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: widespread
Synonyms: catching, communicable, contagious, endemic, general, infectious, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, rife, sweeping, pandemic, wide-ranging
Antonyms: limited
Main Entry: extensive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: far-reaching, thorough
Synonyms: all-inclusive, big, blanket*, boundless, broad, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, considerable, extended, far-flung*, general, great, hefty, huge, inclusive, indiscriminate, large, lengthy, long, major, pervasive, prevalent, roomy, sizable, spacious, sweeping, universal, unrestricted, vast, voluminous, wholesale, wide, widespread, across the board, all-encompassing, comprising, expanded, large-scale, protracted, scopic, scopious, unexclusive, wall to wall, wide-ranging
Antonyms: limited, narrow, restricted, short, uncomprehensive
Main Entry: frequent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: common, repeated
Synonyms: commonplace, constant, continual, customary, everyday, expected, familiar, general, habitual, incessant, intermittent, manifold, many, monotonous, numberless, numerous, periodic, perpetual, persistent, profuse, recurrent, redundant, successive, thick, ubiquitous, usual, various, a good many, iterated, pleonastic, recurring, reiterated, reiterative
Antonyms: inconstant, infrequent, irregular, occasional, rare, sporadic, uncommon, unusual, unrepeated
Main Entry: inclusive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: all-encompassing, all-embracing
Synonyms: across-the-board*, all-around, blanket*, broad, comprehensive, encyclopedic, full, general, global, overall, sweeping, umbrella*, whole, all the options, all together, ball-of-wax, catchall, in toto, wall-to-wall, without exception
Antonyms: exclusive, narrow, incomprehensive
Main Entry: indefinite
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ambiguous, vague
Synonyms: broad, confused, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, evasive, general, ill-defined, indeterminate, indistinct, inexact, inexhaustible, infinite, innumerable, intangible, loose, obscure, shadowy, uncertain, unclear, undefined, undependable, undetermined, unknown, unlimited, unsettled, unsure, wide, imprecise, indeterminable, unfixed, unspecific
Antonyms: certain, definite, distinct, sure
Main Entry: indeterminate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: uncertain, vague
Synonyms: general, inconclusive, indefinite, indistinct, inexact, undefined, undetermined, unspecified, borderless, imprecise, unfixed, unstipulated
Antonyms: certain, definite, determined, exact, fixed, measurable, sure
Main Entry: indiscriminate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: random, chaotic
Synonyms: aimless, assorted, broad, careless, confused, desultory, extensive, general, haphazard, heterogeneous, hit-or-miss*, jumbled, miscellaneous, mixed, mongrel, motley*, multifarious, promiscuous, purposeless, shallow, spot, superficial, sweeping, uncritical, unplanned, varied, variegated, wholesale*, wide, designless, imperceptive, mingled, unconsidered, undiscriminating, unmethodical, unselective, unsystematic
Antonyms: chosen, critical, definite, discriminatory, methodical, particular, selective, specific, systematic
Main Entry: lax
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: slack, remiss
Synonyms: broad, careless, casual, delinquent, derelict, devil-may-care*, easygoing, flaccid, forgetful, general, inaccurate, indefinite, indifferent, inexact, lenient, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, regardless, shapeless, slipshod, sloppy, soft, unmindful, vague, yielding, any way, asleep on job, behindhand, disregardful, imprecise, nonspecific, overindulgent, paying no mind
Antonyms: hard, rigid, strict, tight
Main Entry: leader
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who guides
Synonyms: boss, captain, chief, commander, conductor, dean, dignitary, director, eminence, forerunner, general, governor, guide, harbinger, head, herald, lead, lion*, luminary, manager, mistress, notable, officer, pacesetter, pilot, pioneer, precursor, president, principal, rector, ringleader, ruler, shepherd, skipper, superintendent, superior, chieftain, controller, counsellor, doyen, exec, notability
Antonyms: follower
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