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all-encompassing

[awl-en-kuhm-puh-sing] / ˈɔl ɛnˈkʌm pə sɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
across-the-board
Synonyms
STRONGEST
sweeping
WEAK
all all-embracing all-inclusive blanket broad broad in content complete comprehensive encompassing everything extensive global including all categories including all members panoptic total wide widespread
ADJECTIVE
encyclopedic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exhaustive extensive thorough vast wide-ranging
WEAK
all-embracing all-inclusive broad catholic complete discursive general thorough-going universal widespread
Antonyms
STRONGEST
limited narrow
WEAK
brief incomplete summary uncomprehensive
ADJECTIVE
exhaustive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
comprehensive encyclopedic extensive full-scale in-depth intensive sweeping thorough
WEAK
all-embracing all-out catholic embracive far-reaching from A to Z full full dress full-blown no stone unturned out-and-out profound radical the word thoroughgoing total whole-hog
Antonyms
STRONGEST
exclusive incomplete incomprehensive narrow partial superficial uncomprehensive
WEAK
excluding unfinished
ADJECTIVE
extensive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
broad comprehensive considerable expanded huge large large-scale lengthy major pervasive protracted sweeping vast voluminous wide-ranging
WEAK
across the board all-inclusive big blanket boundless capacious commodious comprising extended far-flung general great hefty inclusive indiscriminate long prevalent roomy scopic scopious sizable spacious unexclusive universal unrestricted wall-to-wall wholesale wide widespread
Antonyms
STRONGEST
exclusive insignificant limited little miniature narrow slight small tiny unimportant
WEAK
restricted short uncomprehensive
ADJECTIVE
full-scale
Synonyms
STRONGEST
comprehensive exhaustive extensive full-blown in-depth sweeping thorough wide-ranging
WEAK
full dress full-out major proper thoroughgoing total unlimited
Antonyms
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exclusive narrow partial
WEAK
incomplete incomprehensive
ADJECTIVE
generic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
universal
STRONG
blanket collective comprehensive sweeping
WEAK
inclusive nonexclusive wide
Antonyms
STRONG
exclusive
WEAK
individual particular specific
ADJECTIVE
panoramic
Synonyms
STRONGEST
scenic
WEAK
all-around all-embracing all-inclusive bird's-eye blanket broad complete comprehensive far-reaching full panned wide-ranging
ADJECTIVE
sweeping
Synonyms
STRONGEST
across-the-board broad comprehensive exhaustive extensive radical thorough wholesale
STRONG
blanket complete exaggerated full general overall overdrawn overstated
WEAK
all-around all-embracing all-inclusive all-out bird's-eye global inclusive indiscriminate out-and-out thorough-going unqualified vast wall-to-wall whole-hog wide
Antonyms
STRONGEST
narrow partial restricted superficial
STRONG
incomplete needy specific
WEAK
exclusive
ADJECTIVE
unlimited
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absolute boundless endless immeasurable immense incalculable indefinite infinite limitless unconditional unfettered universal unrestrained unrestricted untold vast
WEAK
all-out countless full full-blown full-out full-scale great illimitable incomprehensible interminable measureless no end of no end to no strings numberless total totalitarian unbounded unconfined unconstrained unfathomed unqualified wide open
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bounded calculable conditional confined countable definite ending finite limited little measurable partial restricted small tiny
WEAK
incomplete

Example Sentences

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There’s no all-encompassing federal law regulating the use of biometrics, and many state laws also fall short, says Adam Schwartz, privacy litigation director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on privacy rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Organizers explain the rooms are meant to be an escape from that all-encompassing world.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

What made Mumbai's tryst with Art Deco particularly interesting was how the city embraced its hallmarks in a truly all-encompassing manner.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

But, perhaps more important to market health, Friday’s rally was all-encompassing.

From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025

Despereaux had never before encountered darkness so awful, so all-encompassing.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo