PANOPTIC Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

panoptic

adjective

Definition of panoptic

as in cosmic

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Recent Examples of panoptic Visitors to Boston, today, might choose to stay at the Liberty Hotel, which transformed a panoptic prison into luxury accommodations decorated with whimsical reminders of the building’s past. — Literary Hub, 22 Apr. 2026 His deep understanding of the law and panoptic attention in the courtroom have informed his fiction ever since. — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 Through Khaled’s oddly paralyzed exile, Matar offers a beautifully panoptic portrait of London as the city of literary exile and emigration par excellence, a place where the Arab intelligentsia came in the seventies and eighties and after. — James Wood, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024 The panoptic awareness created by virality is an Eye of Sauron, a lidless and unceasing glare that will follow you to the ends of the earth. — WIRED, 1 Dec. 2022 Visitors to this point of gathering and reflection would have panoptic views of the city, with Dealey Plaza and the downtown skyline in one direction and the future Trinity park in the other. — Mark Lamster, Reimagining Dealey: We asked a team of leading designers to redesign one of Dallas' most significant spaces, 20 Oct. 2022

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Adjective

But more massive PBHs would last longer, with those roughly the mass of an asteroid enduring to evaporate in our current cosmic epoch.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
But compared to galaxies, which can host 100 billion similarly sized star systems, even these cosmic titans are relatively small in stature.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of cosmic

Adjective

Questions remain over how the Premier League could create competitive balance, given the vast differences in spending ability between its biggest clubs and smaller challengers.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Halzen had the idea to turn the vast Antarctic ice into such a detector.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of vast

Adjective

While the property’s extensive and expensive renovation has elevated nearly every corner of the resort, the room doors appear to have been overlooked.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Contact the treating clinician promptly for worsening pain, spreading redness or warmth, pus-like drainage, fever, extensive blistering, eye symptoms, or a reaction substantially more severe than described.

— Malana VanTyler, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of extensive

Adjective

Four of these angles implicitly frame the corners of a square, while a fifth seems to indicate a wider area around it.

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The Trasks encounter a wide swath of citizens, haggling with sneaky cheats, exploiting innocent fools, and befriending big-hearted neighbors.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of wide

Adjective

Hence, a turbine operating hundreds of meters above the ground has access to a larger and potentially more reliable energy resource than a conventional turbine.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, the proliferation of large new data centers is rivaling inflation and the Iran war as midterm political issues--and, like them, is hurting the Republicans.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of large

Adjective

The oceans are warming at an alarming pace, bringing far-reaching consequences for which the world is unprepared, according to a report by more than 100 international scientists.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
The complex structure on the sphere has had far-reaching uses, such as connecting complicated, ugly equations that live on its surface to simple, polynomial equations.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of far-reaching

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The Ratepayer Protection Act, meant to prevent data centers from raising electricity prices, enjoyed sweeping support in the House from all but three Democrats while all but four of their colleagues in the Senate opposed it.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
The Justice Department’s settlement proposal at the time sought sweeping changes to admissions, protest rules and other campus policies, including a public declaration that UCLA does not recognize transgender people’s gender identities.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of sweeping

Adjective

Carlson pressed former Conservative politician Jacob Rees-Mogg on the legacy of the war during a wide-ranging interview, questioning whether Britain was better off after defeating Nazi Germany.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
The movie’s wide-ranging success may be part of why he’s now being tapped to lead Paramount’s integration with Warner Bros.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

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