all-embracing

adjective

all-em·​brac·​ing ˌȯ-lim-ˈbrā-siŋ 

: including everything or everyone : all-encompassing

an all-embracing theory

A sensible all-embracing health system which is fair to all will win the hearts, minds and votes at the ballot box.

—Sunday Mail

Synonyms of all-embracing

• comprehensive
• panoramic
• full
• inclusive

Examples of all-embracing in a Sentence

an all-embracing explanation for the great diversity of life on the planet

Recent Examples on the Web

This unexpected ending shifts the narrative from military triumph to spiritually discerning and expressing God’s all-embracing love. — Liesl Ehmke, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026

Then as now, his view of music was an all-embracing one that knew no stylistic boundaries. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024

The theme of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, ‘United by Music,’ announced both the annual musical extravaganza’s all-embracing intentions and its status as a joint endeavor. — Mike McCahill, Variety, 14 May 2023

But if life with father was so all-embracing, why then did Daisy Dawes need to tote a gun, or for that matter come here to Eloise’s Night Light to drink, dialogue, and make merry, or meditate three times a week? — Anne Fadiman, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1600, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for all-embracing

• interfacing
• interlacing
• basing
• bracing
• casing
• chasing
• facing
• gracing
• lacing
• lasing
• pacing
• placing