ALL-ENCOMPASSING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

all-encompassing

adjective

Definition of all-encompassing

as in extensive

as in encompassing The law was designed to have an all-encompassing effect.

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Recent Examples of all-encompassing The band’s debut full-length has now spent 208 weeks somewhere on the all-encompassing ranking – four full years. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Of course, 2025 didn’t have the all-encompassing men’s World Cup getting in the way, so a dip shouldn’t be surprising. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2026 Heat is an all-encompassing problem that has gotten worse with climate change. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2026 BlackRock's proposal was all-encompassing, offering to finance the renovations and complete the build, according to sources familiar with the bid. — Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for all-encompassing

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Chinese state media, including the Communist Party's flagship newspaper, People's Daily, gave extensive coverage to Xi's encounters with other visiting leaders on Tuesday, but made no mention of the meeting with Pezeshkian.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Neal's research includes extensive work on female astronauts.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of extensive

Adjective

However, the reaction on Capitol Hill — where Coupang has mounted an extensive lobbying effort — has not been universal outrage.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Many people discovering Yiddish today – and its universal reach – find it through klezmer, the traditional folk music of Jews in Eastern Europe.

— Ilan Stavans, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of universal

Adjective

Though omnibus legislation approved last year promised $1 billion in security funding to make the 2028 Games secure, none of that money has arrived in Los Angeles.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
At the end of this past session, lawmakers also passed a Medicaid omnibus bill putting guardrails around some of the financial support hospitals receive from the state.

— Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026

Definition of omnibus

Adjective

In outline, these are elegant Bond-villain machines for faceless, leaderless, pervasive espionage and assassination, the stuff of paranoid nightmares and stochastic violence.

— Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
There have been growing complaints about blight at the site, including homeless people living there, pervasive graffiti and skateboarders using it as a playground.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of pervasive

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