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more extensive

ADJECTIVE

far-reaching, thorough

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

WEAK

across the board all-encompassing 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

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more extensive

Union commanders amplified all those advantages by tapping private northern rail networks, created for commerce, which were far more extensive than the Confederacy’s sparse connections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Mary Ziegler, a professor at the UC Davis School of Law and an expert on American parental rights laws, said the ruling was “arguably significantly more extensive than the Supreme Court has spelled out.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

Following those findings, Roscosmos decided on Friday morning to prepare for a more extensive inspection and structural repair effort.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026

Beijing has also sharpened its legal and regulatory toolbox, she said, and "has a potentially more extensive playbook", as seen in the recent blocking of tech giant Meta's acquisition of AI firm Manus.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

Some children, however, require more extensive modifications to the curriculum in order to succeed.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin