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circumstantial

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of circumstantial

including many small descriptive features

  • the circumstantial account of his surgery told us more than we really wanted to know about the stomach
Synonyms of circumstantial

blow-by-blow, detailed, elaborate, full, minute, particular, particularized, thorough
Words Related to circumstantial

enumerated, inventoried, itemized, listed, numerated

delineated, specific, specified

abundant, copious

comprehensive, encyclopedic, exhausting, exhaustive, inclusionary, inclusive, in-depth, omnibus, panoramic, thoroughgoing

accurate, correct, exact, precise

complete, entire, replete

distinct, explicit, sharp

mapped (out)

descriptive, graphic (also graphical), picturesque, vivid
Near Antonyms of circumstantial

brief, compact, concise, crisp, pithy, short, succinct, terse

abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, cut, pruned, shortened, trimmed

ambiguous, indeterminate, nebulous, nondescript, sketchy, vague

bird's-eye, broad, general, nonspecific, overall, unspecified
Antonyms of circumstantial

compendious, summary

Synonym Discussion of circumstantial

circumstantial, minute, particular, detailed mean dealing with a matter fully and usually point by point. circumstantial implies fullness of detail that fixes something described in time and space.
    • a circumstantial account of our visit
minute implies close and searching attention to the smallest details.
    • a minute examination of a fossil
particular implies a precise attention to every detail.
    • a particular description of the scene of the crime
detailed stresses abundance or completeness of detail.
    • a detailed analysis of the event

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