'Comprehensive' definitions:
Definition of 'comprehensive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" [ant: incomprehensive, noncomprehensive]
adjective
Broad in scope; "a comprehensive survey of world affairs"
noun
An intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge; "she took her comps in English literature" [syn: comprehensive examination, comprehensive, comp]
Definition of 'Comprehensive'
From: GCIDE
- Comprehensive \Com`pre*hen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. compr['e]hensif.]
- 1. Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view. [1913 Webster]
- A very comprehensive definition. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
- Large and comprehensive idea. --Channing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. "His comprehensive head." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Zool.) Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups. Synthetic, as used by Agassiz, is nearly synonymous.
- Syn: Extensive; wide; large; full; compendious. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'comprehensive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- across-the-board,
- aggregate,
- all,
- all-comprehensive,
- all-embracing,
- all-encompassing,
- all-inclusive,
- all-out,
- all-pervading,
- ample,
- blanket,
- born,
- broad,
- broad-based,
- capacious,
- clean,
- clear,
- coincident,
- compact,
- compendious,
- complete,
- concurrent,
- congenital,
- conjoint,
- conjugate,
- conjunct,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- consummate,
- copious,
- corporate,
- deep,
- deep-dyed,
- downright,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- egregious,
- encompassing,
- encyclopedic,
- entire,
- exhaustive,
- expansive,
- extensive,
- full,
- generous,
- global,
- grand,
- grave,
- great,
- gross,
- heavy,
- holistic,
- inclusive,
- integral,
- integrated,
- intense,
- intensive,
- irresistible,
- joined,
- joint,
- main,
- maximum,
- mighty,
- omnibus,
- omnipresent,
- one,
- one and indivisible,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- over-all,
- overall,
- panoramic,
- perfect,
- pervasive,
- plain,
- plenary,
- plumb,
- powerful,
- pure,
- radical,
- regular,
- serious,
- sheer,
- spacious,
- straight,
- strong,
- sweeping,
- synoptic,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- through-and-through,
- total,
- ubiquitous,
- unconditional,
- universal,
- unmitigated,
- unqualified,
- unreserved,
- unrestricted,
- utter,
- veritable,
- voluminous,
- whole,
- wholesale,
- wide,
- without exception,
- without omission