- across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide - 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"
Antonyms: noncomprehensive, incomprehensive (indirect, via comprehensive)
- blanket, cover - bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"
--1 is a kind of bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding
--1 has particulars:afghan; electric blanket; mackinaw, Mackinaw blanket; manta; security blanket - blanket, mantle - anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow"
--2 is a kind of covering, natural covering, cover
Derived forms: verb blanket2, verb blanket1 - blanket - a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
--3 is a kind of layer, bed
--3 is a part of breeder reactor
- blanket - cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields"
--1 is one way to cover
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun blanket2
The wind storms blanket the area with dust and dirt
- blanket - form a blanket-like cover (over)
--2 is one way to cover, spread over
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun blanket2
Dust and dirt blanket the area