ALL-ENCOMPASSING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

all-encompassing

adjective

Definition of all-encompassing

as in extensive

as in encompassing The law was designed to have an all-encompassing effect.

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Recent Examples of all-encompassing The all-encompassing nature of social media has irrevocably changed consumer behavior — including how people buy books. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 No one foresaw the horrific depths to which the combination of a charismatic leader, an all-encompassing belief system, and the human need for community and redemption would soon descend. — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026 Natalie’s is tuned to a distant, hierarchical afterlife where God’s love is less of an all-encompassing conception and more of an elusive, enviable prize. — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 Heat is an all-encompassing problem that has gotten worse with climate change. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for all-encompassing

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One of the Roundhouse’s biggest brags is an extensive liquor collection, highlighting spirits produced in New York State.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
Cutting overseas dependency China possesses extensive rubidium and cesium reserves locked inside specialty lithium ores and salt-lake brines.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of extensive

Adjective

This part — two brothers who respect each others’ artistic gifts (most of the time) but cannot stand each other personally — is not universal but incredibly specific.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
Its biggest advantage today is often in moving information, rather than replacing the transistor as the universal building block of computing.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of universal

Adjective

Legislation In early June, the New York State Legislature passed the Responsible Data Center Development Act, an omnibus bill addressing data centers’ energy and environmental footprint.

— Petala Ironcloud, ArsTechnica, 7 Sep. 2026
Though omnibus legislation approved last year promised $1 billion in security funding to make the 2028 Games secure, none of that money has arrived in Los Angeles.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of omnibus

Adjective

First, though, Cline builds up to a description of a long-ago incident between the two boys that feels out of place in a novel about a more pervasive, murky sense of failure.

— Emma Alpern, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
At Joontos, the chefs concoct dishes such as the batata harra, which recalls patatas bravas with black lime—a pervasive, earthy-bitter top note in Saudi cuisine.

— Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of pervasive

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