thorough
Plural: thoroughs
Adjective Satellite
- painstakingly careful and accurate
- "our accountant is thorough"
- "thorough research"
- performed comprehensively and completely
- "made a thorough search"
- "thoroughgoing research"
Adj
- Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
- Utter; complete; absolute.
Prep
- Through.
Noun
- A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Adjective
- Complete and exhaustive in every respect.
Examples
- A THOROUGH Scrabble player checks all possible placements for their tiles.
- It's the most thorough artwork I have ever seen!
- Not enough! Your work has to be thorougher than this.
- The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before being inhabitable again.
- The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father-of-two in police custody.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English thoruȝ, þoruȝ, from Old English þuruh, a byform of Old English þurh, whence comes English through. The adjective derives from the preposition and adverb. The word developed a syllabic form in cases where the word was fully stressed: when it was used as an adverb, adjective, or noun, and less commonly when used as a preposition.
Synonyms
exhaustive, thoroughgoing, comprehensive, downright, meticulous, outright, rigorous, scrupulous, total, unmitigated
Antonyms
cursory, superficial, surface-level
Scrabble Score: 15
thorough: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordthorough: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thorough: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary