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Definitions for: Comprehensive
[adj] being the most comprehensive of its class; "an unabridged dictionary"
[adj] including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"
[adj] broad in scope; "a comprehensive survey of world affairs"
Webster (1913) Definition: Com`pre*hen"sive, a. [Cf. F. compr['e]hensif.]
1. Including much; comprising many things; having a wide
scope or a full view.
A very comprehensive definition. --Bentley.
Large and comprehensive idea. --Channing.
2. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things.
``His comprehensive head.'' --Pope.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Possessing peculiarities that are
characteristic of several diverse groups.
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.
Synonyms: across-the-board, all-around(a), all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, all-round(a), blanket(a), broad, cosmopolitan, door-to-door, ecumenical, encompassing, encyclopaedic, encyclopedic, extensive, far-reaching, general, house-to-house, inclusive, large, oecumenical, omnibus(a), panoptic, plenary, spaciotemporal, spatiotemporal, super, sweeping, umbrella, unabridged, universal, well-rounded, wide, worldwide
Antonyms: incomprehensive, noncomprehensive
See Also: complete
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