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Antonyms for all-encompassing


Grammar : Adj
Spell : awl-en-kuhm-puh-sing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔl ɛnˈkʌm pə sɪŋ



Definition of all-encompassing

  • As in panoramic : adj sweeping
  • As in sweeping : adj wide-ranging
  • As in unlimited : adj extensive, complete
  • As in across-the-board : adj broad in scope
  • As in encyclopedic : adj comprehensive
  • As in exhaustive : adj all-inclusive, complete
  • As in extensive : adj far-reaching, thorough
  • As in full-scale : adj total, all-out
  • As in generic : adj common, general
Example sentences :
  • The all-encompassing change we are witnessing concerns both.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • But the fear was harder to endure than the hunger—it was so vague, yet so all-encompassing.
  • Extract from : « Life on the Stage » by Clara Morris
  • Out of that all-encompassing horror he crieth, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
  • Extract from : « Talks To Farmers » by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
  • It invigorated him, made him feel part of something huge and all-encompassing, like being in his father the mountain.
  • Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow
  • An all-encompassing language, which the practical experience of writing such a novel implies, is simply no longer possible.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • How powerless she is against these subtle invitations, these unknown and all-encompassing temptations!
  • Extract from : « The Golden House » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • Now, the law of the Indian Jungle is as old and as true as the sky, and just as widespread and as all-encompassing.
  • Extract from : « The Face of the Fields » by Dallas Lore Sharp
  • "That's so," said Uncle Ben hurriedly, hiding himself as it were in an all-encompassing blush.
  • Extract from : « Cressy » by Bret Harte
  • Then a wonderful, all-encompassing smile started at the corners of his mouth and grew and grew until it became an expansive grin.
  • Extract from : « Four Afloat » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Socialism would introduce, indeed, the most vexatious and all-encompassing absolutist government ever invented.
  • Extract from : « Contemporary Socialism » by John Rae

Synonyms for all-encompassing

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