OMNIBUS Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

omnibus 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of omnibus

as in comprehensive

covering everything or all important points the president's state of the union speech is usually an omnibus look at the issues that the country is confronting

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omnibus

2 of 2

noun

as in bus

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as in anthology

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Adjective

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 On the penultimate day of session, Senate Republicans spent 6 hours debating an omnibus transportation bill that passed 32-4 with bipartisan support. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2026

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Barnett invoked Katharine White, the New Yorker editor who, in the nineteen-thirties and forties, published more than a dozen lengthy omnibus reviews of new children’s books in this magazine. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 June 2026 Since the House passed a standalone bill and the Senate hitched the measure onto a larger omnibus bill, the Senate either needs to pass the House’s standalone bill or the House needs to pass the Senate’s public safety omnibus. — Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for omnibus

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Adjective

As reported, Moncler reprised its Re/Icons project that celebrates archival pieces, first introduced in 2023, adding a comprehensive ready-to-wear collection — a first for the initiative.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
But the regulator said none has fully acknowledged past debanking decisions or created a comprehensive program to remediate affected customers.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of comprehensive

Noun

There were earlier versions of this story that were openly mocking of Kip, versions that threw Leo under the bus for being too sly; versions that were too overtly political; versions with ghosts that didn’t need to be there, and so on.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
His thoughts postgame weren’t on boarding a bus for the 2-hour, 15-minute ride back to southeast Kansas.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of bus

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The Babysitter not only marks the fourth film in an ongoing partnership between the streamer and the prolific children’s horror author, but also the first not based on a short from Stine’s Nightmare Hour or Haunting Hour anthologies.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
The show is structured as a horror story anthology for adult puppetry fans, featuring an array of gothic costumes, different puppetry styles and lots of music played by a band of Dreadfuls risen out of the graveyard.

— Benjamin Carr, AJC.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of anthology

Adjective

The idea is this would make for a great spot to relax and take in the great outdoors through the Multiplay's expansive windows and a panoramic roof.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
The Orlando International Airport displayed his large scale panoramic photos of Florida in the main terminal, and those images were one of the first things arriving travelers would see after stepping off the shuttles.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of panoramic

Noun

In Cusk’s first novel after the blockbuster Outline trilogy, a woman invites an artist to stay at her home on a marsh, and things unravel from there.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Strong acting turns by Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin help director Brian Duffield make a meal of a seemingly unfilmable novel about a sour young man swallowed by a whale.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of novel

Adjective

The bill advanced out of the Senate Commerce Committee last month but has not passed the full chamber.

— Matthew Choi The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Thankfully, the lunar disk will set a few hours after midnight, leaving a window of beautifully dark sky before dawn in which to enjoy the full majesty of the annual meteor shower.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of full

Noun

His 2020 breakout record, Little Dominiques Nosebleed, examined place and heritage by tracing the ripples of two successive childhood car accidents; 2022’s ISTHISFORREAL?

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
His sister, Andrea Clark, 35, told the New York Post on Tuesday that her brother had been in remission from cancer since 2015 and had survived a car fire just weeks before his death.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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