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Synonyms & Antonyms of thoroughgoing
1
having no exceptions or restrictions
- civil rights advocates are hoping for a thoroughgoing rejection of the proposed bill
Synonyms for thoroughgoing
- absolute,
- all-out,
- arrant,
- blank,
- blooming
- [chiefly British],
- bodacious
- [Southern & Midland],
- categorical
- (also categoric),
- clean,
- complete,
- consummate,
- cotton-picking,
- crashing,
- damn,
- damned,
- dead,
- deadly,
- definite,
- downright,
- dreadful,
- fair,
- flat,
- flat-out,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- perfect,
- plumb,
- profound,
- pure,
- rank,
- regular,
- sheer,
- simple,
- stark,
- stone,
- straight-out,
- thorough,
- total,
- unadulterated,
- unalloyed,
- unconditional,
- unmitigated,
- unqualified,
- utter,
- very
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trying all possibilities
- a thoroughgoing attempt to solve the puzzle and still no luck
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The first known use of thoroughgoing was in 1719
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