1.
[syn: exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exhaustive
adj 1: performed comprehensively and completely; "an exhaustive
study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing
research" [syn: exhaustive, thorough,
thoroughgoing]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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