Comprehensive and Thoroughgoing

Comprehensive

Comprehensive adjective - Trying all possibilities.
Usage example: comprehensive plans for covering just about any conceivable terrorist attack

Thoroughgoing is a synonym for comprehensive. In some cases you can use "Thoroughgoing" instead an adjective "Comprehensive".

Thoroughgoing

Thoroughgoing adjective - Trying all possibilities.
Usage example: a thoroughgoing attempt to solve the puzzle and still no luck

Comprehensive is a synonym for thoroughgoing. You can use "Comprehensive" instead an adjective "Thoroughgoing".
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Thoroughgoing and Comprehensive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/comprehensive/thoroughgoing
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Thoroughgoing or Comprehensive. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/comprehensive/thoroughgoing.
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