soup to nuts

[soop-tuh-nuhts] / ˈsup təˈnʌts /

ADJECTIVE

thoroughpaced

Synonyms

WEAK

absolute all the way all-embracing all-inclusive all-out assiduous blow-by-blow careful circumstantial clocklike complete comprehensive conscientious detailed efficient exact exhaustive from A to Z full full dress in-depth intensive itemized meticulous minute painstaking particular particularized plenty royal scrupulous slam-bang sweeping thoroughgoing tough whole-hog

ADJECTIVE

thorough/thoroughgoing

Synonyms

WEAK

absolute all the way all-embracing all-inclusive all-out assiduous blow-by-blow careful circumstantial clocklike complete comprehensive conscientious detailed efficient exact from A to Z full full dress in-depth intensive itemized meticulous minute painstaking particular particularized plenty royal scrupulous slam-bang sweeping tough whole-hog

Antonyms

WEAK

deficient imperfect inadequate incomplete inexhaustive partial superficial unfinished

Example Sentences

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The mountain was on fire “from soup to nuts, the whole thing. You couldn’t see anything else.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Jessica Battilana broke down the festive meal, from soup to nuts, in a recent article for The New York Times Style Magazine.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Because a movie is edited and there's never a take that's perfect from soup to nuts, from A to Z.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2023

"He just admitted to a civil rights violation from soup to nuts."

From Fox News • Dec. 17, 2021

"This is the wrong latitude in which to dispute a lady, but knowin' this camp from soup to nuts, as I do, I su'gests a male escort."

From The Spoilers by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

soup to nuts

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