Antonyms for thoroughgoing


Grammar : Adj
Spell : thur-oh-goh-ing, -uh-goh-, thuhr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈθɜr oʊˌgoʊ ɪŋ, -əˌgoʊ-, ˈθʌr-


Definition of thoroughgoing

  • adj complete
Example sentences :
  • Mr. Work has cooperated with me in the most thoroughgoing manner.
  • Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
  • It was all this that made him the thoroughgoing democrat that he was.
  • Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt and His Times » by Harold Howland
  • That is inconsistent with Bentham's thoroughgoing empiricism.
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen
  • In spirit and temperament he is a thoroughgoing rationalist.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • Now, to do him justice, Trundle was a thoroughgoing boatswain.
  • Extract from : « Salt Water » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • Malthus was not a thoroughgoing supporter of the 'do-nothing' doctrine.
  • Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) » by Leslie Stephen
  • He was a warrior, from his earliest days, of the most thoroughgoing type.
  • Extract from : « Rambles in Brittany » by Francis Miltoun
  • The financial proposals of the Third Estate were thoroughgoing.
  • Extract from : « A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) » by Thomas M. Lindsay
  • No attempt was ever made to institute a thoroughgoing communism.
  • Extract from : « A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) » by Thomas M. Lindsay
  • But Bossuet was a thoroughgoing theologian, priest, and bishop.
  • Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871 » by Various

Synonyms for thoroughgoing

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