Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. 
 broad in scope or content; 
- Example: "across-the-board pay increases"- Example: "an all-embracing definition"- Example: "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"- Example: "an invention with broad applications"- Example: "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner- Example: "granted him wide powers"[syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
all-encompassing
    adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay
           increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket
           sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention
           with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet
           nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn:
           across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
           all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing,
           extensive, panoptic, wide]