| Main Entry: | sweep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brush off, away |
Synonyms: |
broom, brush, brush up, clean, clear, clear up, mop, ready, remove, scrub, tidy, vacuum |
| Main Entry: | sweep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fly, glide |
Synonyms: |
career, fleet, flit, flounce, glance, hurtle, pass, sail, scud, skim, tear, wing, zoom |
| 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: | 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: | breeze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work quickly through task |
Synonyms: |
cruise, flit, glide, hurry, move, pass, sail, sally, skim, slide, slip, sweep, trip, waltz, zip |
| 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: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lightly |
Synonyms: |
caress, contact, flick, glance, graze, kiss, scrape, shave, skim, smooth, stroke, sweep, tickle |
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clean, prepare by whisking |
Synonyms: |
buff, clean, paint, polish, sweep, wash, whisk, wipe |
| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty, uncluttered |
Synonyms: |
absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe |
Antonyms: |
adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain |