comprehensive

Plural: comprehensives

Noun

• an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
• A comprehensive school.

Adjective

• including all or everything
  • "comprehensive coverage"
  • "a comprehensive history of the revolution"
  • "a comprehensive survey"
  • "a comprehensive education"

Adjective Satellite

• broad in scope
  • "a comprehensive survey of world affairs"

Adj

• Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

Examples

• When there are diametrically opposing views on a big issue that concerns millions of people, doing comprehensive research just makes sense.

Synonyms

comp, comprehensive examination, across-the-board, all around, all-embracing, all-encompassing, blanket, broad, comprehensive, exhaustive, overall, sweeping, thorough, wide-ranging

Antonyms

noncomprehensive, focused, incomprehensive, limited

Related Words

comprehend, comprehensible, comprehension, generic

Anagrams of comprehensive