Entry Word: exhaustive

Function: adjective

Meaning: trying all possibilities <after an exhaustive search of our house, we still hadnʼt found the cat>

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

Related Words broad, extensive, far-reaching, in-depth, wide; general, global, inclusive

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