Exhaustive

3 definitions found

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

  Exhaustive \Ex*haust"ive\, a.
     Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or
     arguments; as, an exhaustive method. {Ex*haust"ive*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  exhaustive
       adj : very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an exhaustive study";
             "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research"
             [syn: {thorough}, {thoroughgoing}]

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

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "exhaustive":
     absolute, aggregate, all, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
     all-inclusive, all-out, all-pervading, born, broad-based, clean,
     clear, complete, comprehensive, congenital, consequential,
     considerable, consummate, deep, deep-dyed, downright,
     dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, encyclopedic, entire, extensive,
     far-reaching, full, full-dress, full-scale, fully realized, grand,
     grave, great, gross, heavy, holistic, inclusive, integral,
     integrated, intense, intensive, irresistible, main, maximal,
     maximum, mighty, omnibus, omnipresent, one, one and indivisible,
     out-and-out, outright, perfect, pervasive, plain, plenary, plumb,
     polished, powerful, pure, radical, regular, serious, sheer,
     straight, strong, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing,
     through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unconditional, universal,
     unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter,
     veritable, whole, wholesale