panoramic

adjective

pan·​o·​ram·​ic ˌpa-nə-ˈra-mik 

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: of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as

a

: showing a full or wide view

a panoramic photograph of the Grand Canyon

panoramic views of the water

b

: comprehensive in scope or range of coverage

Once upon a time, surely before the advent of tenure, historians were disposed to write panoramic accounts of an important idea, synthesizing huge amounts of scholarship in a language accessible to nonspecialists.

—Alan Wolfe

… a splendid book, which plays to all its author's best qualities: the encyclopedic yet never oppressive knowledge; the bold panoramic grasp of vast periods …

—Peter Green

panoramically

ˌpa-nə-ˈra-mi-k(ə-)lē 

-ˈrä-

adverb

From this vantage, the house panoramically unfolds as a masterly indoor-outdoor landscape.

—Veronica McNiff

Synonyms of panoramic

• comprehensive
• full
• extensive

Examples of panoramic in a Sentence

a panoramic look at America's fascination with the automobile

Recent Examples on the Web

Or enjoy it from the small park at the top, which, at an elevation of 4,396 feet, offers panoramic views of much of Watauga County. — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 25 July 2026

Its purpose is to take deep panoramic images of the sky, over and over again, every clear night across the next 10 years, making what amounts to a decade-spanning ultrahigh-definition timelapse movie of the entire heavens. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

On the other side of all its tinted glass, the T4 delivers a clean, panoramic interior built for fully unplugging from the stresses of everyday life. — New Atlas, 23 July 2026

Some larger units offer panoramic terraces with views of Florence and the surrounding hills. — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for panoramic

• subthalamic
• aerodynamic
• geodynamic
• haemodynamic
• hemodynamic
• hydrodynamic
• hypothalamic
• photodynamic
• psychodynamic
• spinothalamic
• thermodynamic
• ceramic