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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
STRONG
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
Synonyms
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across-the-board broad comprehensive exhaustive extensive radical thorough wholesale
STRONG
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
STRONG
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
Antonyms
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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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It's an all-encompassing set-up, with coaching at least three evenings a week and a games programme that takes up most of their weekends.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The recent pressure on the software sector also has hammered shares of alternative asset managers, an all-encompassing term for firms that invest in untraditional assets.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

But when I spoke to the manager about the all-encompassing audio abuse to which employees were subjected, she explained that it was “corporate’s” decision to play the music at this volume, not hers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

According to Fangraphs’ all-encompassing wRC+ metric, only Yankees superstar Aaron Judge and Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh have been more productive hitters this season.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 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