The police undertook exhaustive searches but failed to find the body.
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Exhaustive
/ɪɡˈzɔː.stɪv/
Synonyms for "exhaustive" (161 found)
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Closest matches (33)
absoluteaggregateallall embracingall inclusiveall outall pervadingall-embracingall-encompassingall-inclusiveall-outall-pervadingbornbroad-basedcleanclearcomplete
Adjective(1 words)
across-the-board
Noun(11 words)
brutebrute forceca completcataloguingcomplete animalcomplete answercomplete beingscomplete controlcomplete detailscomplete enumerationcomplete mandatory assignment
Strong matches (48)
Adjective(25 words)
complete searchcompleted statuscomprehensivecomprehensive body of lawcomprehensive datacomprehensive instructioncomprehensive medical historycomprehensive viewdeep investigationdetailed accountdetailed descriptiondetailed explanationdetailed medical historydetailed observationsdetailed orderdetailed treatiseencyclopaedicextensive empirical evidenceextensive monographextensive property
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Noun(5 words)
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Adjective(10 words)
full curriculumfull scannatural resource depletionrepletesystematic methodthorough evidence gatheringthoroughestthoroughgoingunabridged playwhole subject
Noun(10 words)
full-body checkmore completeno more dataphonebook stylescouringsearch methodsystematic analog history studythoroughertip to tail additionunabridgeds
full-dressfull-scalefully realizedgrandgravegreatgrossheavyholisticinclusiveintegralintegratedintenseintensiveintimateirresistiblelaboriousmainmaximalmaximum
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mightyomnibusomnipresentoneone and indivisibleout-and-outoutrightperfectpervasiveplainplenaryplumbpolishedpowerfulpureradicalregularserioussheerstraightstrongsweepingthoroughthoroughgoingthrough and throughthrough-and-throughtotalubiquitousunconditionaluniversalunmitigatedunqualifiedunreservedunrestrictedutterveritablewholewholesale
Adjective(1 words)
Determiner(1 words)
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3 entriesexhaustive inventoryexhaustive reviewexhaustive search
Collocations
5 entriesexhaustive analysisexhaustive listexhaustive reviewexhaustive searchexhaustive study
Inflections
2 entriesmore exhaustivemost exhaustive
Derivations
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1 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
This list is not exhaustive.
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We've done an exhaustive investigation.
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This list isn't exhaustive.
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