Encyclopedic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Encyclopedic \En*cy`clo*ped"ic\, Encyclopedical
  \En*cy`clo*ped"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. encyclop['e]dique.]
     Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; broad in
     scope or content; embracing a wide range of subjects; as, a
     person having encyclopedic knowledge of a subject. [Also
     spelled {encyclopaedic}.]


     [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  encyclopedic
       adj : broad in scope or content; "encyclopedic knowledge" [syn: {encyclopaedic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "encyclopedic":
     abstruse, across-the-board, all-comprehensive, all-embracing,
     all-inclusive, blanket, broad, civilized, compendious, complete,
     comprehensive, cultivated, cultured, deep, discursive, educated,
     erudite, exhaustive, extensive, general, global, inclusive,
     learned, lettered, literate, omnibus, over-all, panoramic,
     pansophic, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, profound, scholarly,
     scholastic, studious, sweeping, synoptic, thorough, total,
     universal, whole, wide-ranging, wise, without exception,
     without omission