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Antonyms for all-encompassing
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : awl-en-kuhm-puh-sing |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔl ɛnˈkʌm pə sɪŋ |
- bounded
- brief
- calculable
- conditional
- confined
- countable
- definite
- ending
- excluding
- exclusive
- finite
- incomplete
- incomprehensive
- individual
- insignificant
- limited
- little
- measurable
- miniature
- narrow
- needy
- partial
- particular
- restricted
- short
- slight
- small
- specific
- summary
- superficial
- tiny
- uncomprehensive
- unfinished
- unimportant
Definition of all-encompassing
- As in panoramic : adj sweeping
- As in sweeping : adj wide-ranging
- As in unlimited : adj extensive, complete
- As in across-the-board : adj broad in scope
- As in encyclopedic : adj comprehensive
- As in exhaustive : adj all-inclusive, complete
- As in extensive : adj far-reaching, thorough
- As in full-scale : adj total, all-out
- As in generic : adj common, general
- The all-encompassing change we are witnessing concerns both.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- But the fear was harder to endure than the hunger—it was so vague, yet so all-encompassing.
- Extract from : « Life on the Stage » by Clara Morris
- Out of that all-encompassing horror he crieth, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
- Extract from : « Talks To Farmers » by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- It invigorated him, made him feel part of something huge and all-encompassing, like being in his father the mountain.
- Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow
- An all-encompassing language, which the practical experience of writing such a novel implies, is simply no longer possible.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- How powerless she is against these subtle invitations, these unknown and all-encompassing temptations!
- Extract from : « The Golden House » by Charles Dudley Warner
- Now, the law of the Indian Jungle is as old and as true as the sky, and just as widespread and as all-encompassing.
- Extract from : « The Face of the Fields » by Dallas Lore Sharp
- "That's so," said Uncle Ben hurriedly, hiding himself as it were in an all-encompassing blush.
- Extract from : « Cressy » by Bret Harte
- Then a wonderful, all-encompassing smile started at the corners of his mouth and grew and grew until it became an expansive grin.
- Extract from : « Four Afloat » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- Socialism would introduce, indeed, the most vexatious and all-encompassing absolutist government ever invented.
- Extract from : « Contemporary Socialism » by John Rae
Synonyms for all-encompassing
- absolute
- across the board
- across-the-board
- all
- all-around
- all-embracing
- all-encompassing
- all-inclusive
- all-out
- big
- bird's-eye
- blanket
- boundless
- broad
- broad in content
- capacious
- catholic
- collective
- commodious
- complete
- comprehensive
- comprising
- considerable
- countless
- discursive
- embracive
- encompassing
- encyclopedic
- endless
- everything
- exaggerated
- exhaustive
- expanded
- extended
- extensive
- far-flung
- far-reaching
- from A to Z
- full
- full-blown
- full-dress
- full-out
- full-scale
- general
- global
- great
- hefty
- huge
- illimitable
- immeasurable
- immense
- in-depth
- incalculable
- including all categories
- including all members
- inclusive
- incomprehensible
- indefinite
- indiscriminate
- infinite
- intensive
- interminable
- large
- large-scale
- lengthy
- limitless
- long
- major
- measureless
- no end of
- no end to
- no stone unturned
- no strings
- nonexclusive
- numberless
- out-and-out
- overall
- overdrawn
- overstated
- panned
- panoptic
- pervasive
- prevalent
- profound
- proper
- protracted
- radical
- roomy
- scenic
- scopic
- scopious
- sizable
- spacious
- sweeping
- the word
- thorough
- thorough-going
- thoroughgoing
- total
- totalitarian
- unbounded
- unconditional
- unconfined
- unconstrained
- unexclusive
- unfathomed
- unfettered
- universal
- unlimited
- unqualified
- unrestrained
- unrestricted
- untold
- vast
- voluminous
- wall to wall
- wall-to-wall
- whole-hog
- wholesale
- wide
- wide open
- wide-ranging
- widespread
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