Comprehensive and Cursory

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Comprehensive adjective - Trying all possibilities.

Usage example: comprehensive plans for covering just about any conceivable terrorist attack

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Cursory is an antonym for comprehensive.

Cursory adjective - Acting or done with excessive or careless speed.

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Comprehensive is an antonym for cursory.

Nearby Words: cursorily, cursor

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Cursory and Comprehensive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/comprehensive/cursory

Comprehensive & Cursory. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/comprehensive/cursory>.

Cursory or Comprehensive. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/comprehensive/cursory.

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