All-around
All-around adjective - Not limited or specialized in application or purpose.
General is a synonym for all-around in specific topic. In some cases you can use "General" instead an adjective phrase "All-around".
General
General adjective - Relating to the main elements and not to specific details.
Usage example: a general course of study in American history
All-around is a synonym for general in specific topic. You can use "All-around" instead an adjective "General", if it concerns topics such as comprehensive.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- broad and all-around
- broad and general
- common and all-around
- common and general
- complete and all-around
- complete and general
- all-inclusive and all-around
- all-inclusive and general
- extensive and all-around
- extensive and general
- sweeping and all-around
- sweeping and general
- widespread and all-around
- widespread and general
Both words in one sentence
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Shown Their Work: The Fleischer brothers and their studio pulled out all stops for this cartoon, and boy howdy, does it show, resulting in much Scenery Porn and all-around Eye Candy in general.
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Nice Guy: He's very nice towards his fans and an all-around nice person in general.
Source: Creator / Lee Tockar - The general trend appears to be that only leaders famous for warmongering and being all-around jerks like Josef Stalin or Attila mention their crimes.
Source: Historical Villain Downgrade
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