Antonyms for comprehensive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kom-pri-hen-siv
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sɪv


Definition of comprehensive

Origin :
  • "containing much," 1610s, from French comprehénsif, from Late Latin comprehensivus, from comprehens-, past participle stem of Latin comprehendere (see comprehend). Related: Comprehensively (mid-15c.); comprehensiveness.
  • adj inclusive
Example sentences :
  • Mr. Gladstone took broad and comprehensive views of the question.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • He nodded again, with a comprehensive survey of the reeking floor.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • That was comprehensive enough; the details were quite certain to occur.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • And "nothing" is more nearly a comprehensive answer than at first you might believe.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • Almost as comprehensive a cure as some of our modern universal specifics!
  • Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
  • His scrutiny was careful, comprehensive, but the only person he recognized was Grace.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • For he has glimpses of the truth, but no comprehensive or perfect vision.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • When they was out of sight I set up and winked, large and comprehensive, at the scenery.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "At least, that is comprehensive, Beatrix," her cousin assured her.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • His triumph was so sweeping and comprehensive as to be somewhat shapeless to the view.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

Synonyms for comprehensive

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