comprehensive

comprehensive

adjective

Definition of COMPREHENSIVE

1

covering everything or all important points <a comprehensive overview of European history since the French Revolution>

Synonyms all-embracing, all-in [chiefly British], all-inclusive, broad-gauge (or broad-gauged), compendious, complete, comprehensive, cover-all, cyclopedic, embracive, exhaustive, full, global, inclusive, in-depth, omnibus, panoramic, thorough, universal

Related Words broad, catholic, encyclical, general, inclusionary, overall; cosmic (also cosmical), extensive, far, far-reaching, grand, large, panoptic, sweeping, vast, wide, wide-ranging; blanket, indiscriminate, unrestricted

Near Antonyms circumscribed, limited, narrow, restricted, specialized; exact, precise; individual, singular, specific; incomplete, patchy, sketchy

2

not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it <a comprehensive listing of all the paintings generally attributed to the Dutch artist Rembrandt>

Synonyms compleat, comprehensive, entire, full, grand, intact, integral, perfect, plenary, total, whole

Related Words unabridged, uncut, undiminished; all-out, exhaustive, extensive, maximal; full-blooded, full-blown, full-bore, full-fledged, full-on, full-out, full-scale

Near Antonyms abbreviated, abridged, cut, diminished, reduced

Antonyms imperfect, incomplete, partial

3

trying all possibilities <comprehensive plans for covering just about any conceivable terrorist attack>

Synonyms all-out, clean, complete, comprehensive, full-scale, out-and-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total

Related Words broad, extensive, far-reaching, in-depth, sweeping, wide, wide-ranging; general, global, inclusive, methodical (also methodic), systematic; no-holds-barred, unhampered, unrestrained

Near Antonyms aimless, desultory, haphazard, hit-or-miss, random; cursory, shallow, slipshod, superficial; limited, narrow, restricted