Sweeping

/ˈswiːpɪŋ/

Synonyms for "sweeping" (238 found)

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Closest matches (48)

Determiner(1 words)

a wide range

absoluteacross the boardacross-the-boardaleatoric aleatoryall aroundall comprehensiveall embracingall inclusiveall outall pervadingall-comprehensive all-embracing all-encompassing all-inclusive all-out all-pervading amorphous blanket blobby

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blurred blurry born broad broad-based cataclysmic catastrophic catholic chance chancy chaotic clean clear

Noun(10 words)

arc breadth broad broadside brush careering cinemascope clean cleaning clear

Adjective(3 words)

broad extentbroad questionsbroad rule

Adverb(1 words)

broadwise

Strong matches (71)

Noun(15 words)

clearingcommunity widecomprehensive cover debrisdramatic political changedrastic dustdutch vastexamine extend extensive extentglobal settinghasty generalization

coasting compendious complete comprehensive confused congenital consummate debris decisivedeep dyeddeep-dyed diffuse disordered downright dustdyed-in-the-woolegregious encyclopedic exhaustive extensive

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Adjective(5 words)

comprehensive datacultural overhaulextensive propertygeneral conceptgeneralized

Related words (119)

indistinct inexact insurrectionary intensive junk large-scale lax liberal litter loose nonspecific obscure omnibus omnipresent orderlessout-and-outoutright over-all overall overwhelming

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panoramic perfect pervasive plain plumb pure radical random regular revolutional revolutionary revulsionary revulsive rubbish sailingshadowed forthshadowy shapeless sheer skating skiing skim sledding slide sliding slipping slither slithering stochastic straight sweep synoptic thorough thoroughgoingthrough and throughthrough-and-throughtobogganing total transilient trash ubiquitous umbrella unclear unconditional undefined undestined undetermined undiscriminating universal unmitigated unplain unqualified unreserved unrestricted unspecified utter vague veiled veritable waste whole wholesale wide wide-extended wide-extending wide-ranging wide-reaching wide-stretching widespreadwithout exceptionwithout omission

Noun(22 words)

landslidelarge scalemajor cultural shiftmost radical shiftoverhaul overhaulingrapid ideology shiftreform remake reviserevolutionarily orientedrevolutionary changescan scope scything span stroke survey swing swooping

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violent upheavalwide

Adjective(5 words)

radical reform idearevolutionary theorytidalvast plainwholesale

Verb(1 words)

windmilled

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

17 entries

action activity breadth cleaningcleaning actioncleansing cleanup modifier motion movementpolicy actionprocess reach refuse scopesearch action

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More specific

23 entries

arc swingbroad strokecomprehensive overhaulcrumbs dust dustingfloor cleaninginspection litterlong sweepmopping overhaulpolicy overhaulreform screening spread

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Collocations

8 entries

act of sweepingsweeping arcsweeping breadthsweeping changesweeping generalizationsweeping motionsweeping reformsweeping victory

Inflections

4 entries

more sweepingmost sweepingsweeps swept

Derivations

5 entries

sweep sweeper sweepings sweeps swept

similar

3 entries

broad indiscriminate wide

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.

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Everybody is calling for sweeping reforms.

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The party won a sweeping victory at the general election.

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His music is sweeping the whole country.

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