FULL-BORE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

full-bore

adjective

Definition of full-bore

as in full-scale

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Recent Examples of full-bore The restaurant soft opened Tuesday with the intention to launch full-bore Thursday. — Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026 For families Like everything at The Fife Arms, there’s a full-bore thoughtfulness and creativity to the whimsical family room, with its play kitchens, blackboards, table football and XBox, with knitted red squirrels hidden around the place. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2026 And thanks to Nielsen’s upgraded ratings methodology, which includes a full-bore accounting of people who watch live sports in out-of-home venues, the stateside deliveries for next year’s tourney will be bigger than ever before. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2025 His decision to put Nine Inch Nails on hold and go full-bore into soundtrack work in the early 2010s expanded his reach. — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for full-bore

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Friedemann Kohler/picture alliance/Getty The attacks followed a week of diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to get traction for negotiations on ending Moscow's full-scale invasion that began 4½ years ago.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Russia’s top diplomat Saturday brushed off what’s believed to have been the first face-to-face meeting with his German counterpart since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of full-scale

Adjective

But the show’s core constitution doesn’t leave much wiggle room for genre experiments, let alone tonal shifts into full-on song-and-dance mode.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
Dehydrated skin, on the other hand, is lacking water and is a more temporary state, rather than a full-on skin type.

— Lindy Segal, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of full-on

Adjective

But worries are really about a potential breach of our warship protection and subsequent full-out war.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
So, at face value, this deal looks like a full-out win for the Flyers, who are on the verge of solidifying their goaltending long-term with an extension incoming for Dan Vladar on July 1.

— Corey Pronman, New York Times, 16 June 2026

Definition of full-out

Adjective

Audiences may think Redford emerged full-blown as a movie star.

— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2025
The master of suspense made almost 70 films and TV shows across his staggering, more-than-half-a-century-long career, graduating from black-and-white, silent British potboilers to full-blown, Technicolor Hollywood blockbusters.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025

Definition of full-blown

Adjective

That’s why there’s been a proliferation of npm packages that wrap 10 lines of code in a full-fledged package.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
The musical is still a work in progress, Bradford and her co-writers and composer hope to eventually turn the play into a full-fledged production in New York City.

— Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026

Definition of full-fledged

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The 60-seat restaurant is known for its cooked-to-perfection aged steaks, seafood towers, classic cocktails and extensive wine list.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
Despite the extensive search, investigators never found the gun, a Tipp City detective testified Monday during Flynn's murder trial in Ohio.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of extensive

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Not a maximal one, but if being a true pop singer means singing lead on some of the most magical recordings of the 20th century, Love did that.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
Then, of course, there is tokenmaxxing—the trend of maximal AI use to climb a corporate leaderboard or catch the AI wave at all costs.

— Paul Deraval, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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