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Definitions

all-encompassing

[awl-en-kuhm-puh-sing] / ˈɔl ɛnˈkʌm pə sɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

across-the-board

Synonyms

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sweeping

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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

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exhaustive extensive thorough vast wide-ranging

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all-embracing all-inclusive broad catholic complete discursive general thorough-going universal widespread

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limited narrow

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brief incomplete summary uncomprehensive

ADJECTIVE

exhaustive

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comprehensive encyclopedic extensive full-scale in-depth intensive sweeping thorough

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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

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exclusive incomplete incomprehensive narrow partial superficial uncomprehensive

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excluding unfinished

ADJECTIVE

extensive

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broad comprehensive considerable expanded huge large large-scale lengthy major pervasive protracted sweeping vast voluminous wide-ranging

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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

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exclusive insignificant limited little miniature narrow slight small tiny unimportant

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restricted short uncomprehensive

ADJECTIVE

full-scale

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comprehensive exhaustive extensive full-blown in-depth sweeping thorough wide-ranging

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full dress full-out major proper thoroughgoing total unlimited

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exclusive narrow partial

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incomplete incomprehensive

ADJECTIVE

generic

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universal

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blanket collective comprehensive sweeping

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inclusive nonexclusive wide

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exclusive

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individual particular specific

ADJECTIVE

panoramic

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scenic

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all-around all-embracing all-inclusive bird's-eye blanket broad complete comprehensive far-reaching full panned wide-ranging

ADJECTIVE

sweeping

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across-the-board broad comprehensive exhaustive extensive radical thorough wholesale

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blanket complete exaggerated full general overall overdrawn overstated

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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

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narrow partial restricted superficial

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incomplete needy specific

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exclusive

ADJECTIVE

unlimited

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absolute boundless endless immeasurable immense incalculable indefinite infinite limitless unconditional unfettered universal unrestrained unrestricted untold vast

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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

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bounded calculable conditional confined countable definite ending finite limited little measurable partial restricted small tiny

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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

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

From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025

Seeing a film in what the venue calls “shared reality” can be all-encompassing and yet intimate as well as communal and, if everything works out, somewhat thoughtful.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Describing it as "all-encompassing", Knight said it was impossible to switch off from the role she fulfilled for nine years.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Single- handedly he turned it from genteel, ignorable after-dinner entertainment into an all-encompassing emotional experience, a way of perceiving life as a mighty struggle, the cry of the soul, the voice of conscience.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

all-encompassing

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