ALL-ROUNDER Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

all-rounder

noun

Definition of all-rounder

British

as in generalist

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Recent Examples of all-rounder Afghanistan made four changes — veteran spin all-rounder Mohammad Nabi was back into the playing side with batting all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai. — ABC News, 20 June 2026 Let’s end with a great all-rounder—and a good product for getting acclimatized to using a body cream in your grooming routine. — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 8 May 2026 Work continued remotely, at their homes in London and California, at which point Niño brought in the extra players—also including double bassist Michael Alvidrez, saxophonist Darius Jones, and woodwind all-rounder Aaron Shaw—and sequenced the record. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026 Lane was happy to recommend the A7C II as a superbly performing all-rounder. — Paul Brett, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for all-rounder

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Noun

The 2% miss rate that looks like a rounding error to a generalist reads as a five-year tail problem to an operator.

— Kyle Nakatsuji, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
So the magnolia is a generalist, and the orchids are very, very specialized, sometimes in cooperative ways with their pollinators, and sometimes in sneaky exploitative ways, like pretending to be a female wasp so male wasps try and mate with you.

— Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 30 July 2026

Definition of generalist

Noun

Taylor is a security blanket on third-down situations, while Ruckert is considered a jack-of-all-trades.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026
In most cases, if a jack-of-all-trades standout was asked to take on a heavier scoring load, efficiency would drop as defenses begin to tilt her way.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of jack-of-all-trades

Noun

Any fan of the franchise will tell you that the full lore of the world crafted by Tetsuya Nomura is virtually nonsensical to explain to a layman.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
Hundreds of laymen, actuated solely by idle curiosity, received little more than a crick in the neck for their pains.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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