A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.
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Sweeping
//ˈswiːpɪŋ//
Synonyms for "sweeping" (200 found)
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cleanclearcoastingcompendiouscompletecomprehensiveconfusedcongenitalconsummatedebrisdecisivedeep dyeddeep-dyeddiffusedisordereddownrightdustdyed-in-the-woolegregiousencyclopedic
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exhaustiveextensivefar flungfar reachingfar-embracingfar-extendingfar-flungfar-flyingfar-goingfar-rangingfar-reachingflowflowingfoggyfuzzygarbagegeneralglideglidingglobalhazyhit-or-missill-definedimpreciseinaccurateinchoateincoherentindecisiveindefinableindefiniteindeterminableindeterminateindiscriminateindistinctinexact
Adjective(5 words)
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insurrectionaryintensivejunklarge scalelarge-scalelaxliberallitterloosenonspecificobscureomnibusomnipresentorderlessout-and-outoutrightover-alloverwhelmingpanoramicperfect
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pervasiveplainplumbpureradicalrandomregularrevolutionalrevolutionaryrevulsionaryrevulsiverubbishsailingshadowed forthshadowyshapelesssheerskatingskiingskimsleddingslideslidingslippingslitherslitheringstochasticstraightsweepsynopticthoroughthoroughgoingthrough and throughthrough-and-throughtobogganingtotaltransilienttrashubiquitousumbrellaunclearunconditionalundefinedundestinedundeterminedundiscriminatinguniversalunmitigatedunplainunqualifiedunreservedunrestrictedunspecifieduttervagueveiledveritablewastewholewide-extendedwide-extendingwide-rangingwide-reachingwide-stretchingwidespreadwithout exceptionwithout omission
Adjective(12 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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4 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- обхватен adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
- широк adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
- метене noun (the activity of sweeping)
Finnish
3 entries- laaja adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
- yleisluontoinen adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
- yleistävä adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
French
4 entries- complet adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
- large adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
- radical adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
- vaste adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
Georgian
1 entries- ფართო adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
German
4 entries- durchschlagend adj (completely overwhelming)
- weitreichend adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
- Fegen noun (an instance of sweeping)
- Fegen noun (the activity of sweeping)
Hungarian
4 entries- alapos adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
- elsöprő adj (completely overwhelming)
- gyökeres adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
- mélyreható adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
Italian
2 entries- scopata noun (an instance of sweeping)
- spazzata noun (an instance of sweeping)
Norman
1 entries- brîng'gie noun (the activity of sweeping)
Occitan
4 entries- balaja noun (an instance of sweeping)
- ecobassa noun (an instance of sweeping)
- escobada noun (an instance of sweeping)
- escobatge noun (an instance of sweeping)
Polish
1 entries- doszczętny adj (wide, broad, affecting many things)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
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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