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exact
Characterized by accurate measurements or inferences with small margins of error; not approximate:
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  1. Characterized by accurate measurements or inferences with small margins of error; not approximate:
  2. Strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from truth or reality:
  3. Characterized by strict adherence to standards or rules:
precise
Distinct and correct in sound or meaning:
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  1. Distinct and correct in sound or meaning:
  2. Exact, as in performance, execution, or amount; accurate or correct:
  3. Exact, accurate.
total
Constituting the (or a) whole; entire; whole
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  1. Constituting the (or a) whole; entire; whole
  2. Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire:
  3. Complete; utter; absolute:
meticulous
Showing or acting with extreme care and concern for details.
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  1. Showing or acting with extreme care and concern for details.
  2. Extremely or excessively careful about details; scrupulous or finicky
  3. (Archaic) Excessively careful and precise.
thoroughgoing
Very thorough; complete:
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  1. Very thorough; complete:
  2. Precise and painstaking
  3. Complete; thorough; full; with great attention to detail.
out-and-out
Complete; thoroughgoing:
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  1. Complete; thoroughgoing:
all-out
(Cricket) The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.
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  1. (Cricket) The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.
  2. Using all available means or resources:
  3. Complete or wholehearted
complete
Having come to an end; concluded:
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  1. Having come to an end; concluded:
  2. Having all necessary or normal parts, components, or steps; entire:
  3. Accomplished; consummate:
exhaustive
Leaving nothing out; covering every possible detail; thorough
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  1. Leaving nothing out; covering every possible detail; thorough
  2. Including every possible element.
  3. Treating all parts or aspects without omission; thorough:
full-dress
Of, appropriate for, or requiring full dress; formal:
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  1. Of, appropriate for, or requiring full dress; formal:
  2. Complete in every respect:
  3. Complete and thorough
intensive
Possessing or requiring to a high degree. Often used in combination:
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  1. Possessing or requiring to a high degree. Often used in combination:
  2. Relating to or being a method especially of land cultivation intended to increase the productivity of a fixed area by means of an increase in capital and labor.
  3. Designating care of an especially attentive nature given to critically ill hospital patients, typically in a special ward (intensive care unit)
thoroughgoing
Precise and painstaking
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  1. Precise and painstaking
  2. Complete; thorough; full; with great attention to detail.
  3. Very thorough; complete:
thoroughpaced
Highly trained or skilled.
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  1. Highly trained or skilled.
  2. (Of a horse) Trained in every pace.
  3. Complete, total.
blow-by-blow
Told in great detail
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  1. Told in great detail
circumstantial
Not of primary importance; incidental
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  1. Not of primary importance; incidental
  2. Having to do with, or depending on, circumstances
  3. Full of pomp or display; ceremonial
detailed
Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment.
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  1. Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment.
  2. Marked by careful attention to detail
  3. Characterized by abundant use of detail or thoroughness of treatment:
full
Having a base runner at first, second, and third base:
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  1. Having a base runner at first, second, and third base:
  2. Complete in every particular:
  3. Possessing both parents in common:
minute
Of, characterized by, or attentive to tiny details; exact; precise
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  1. Of, characterized by, or attentive to tiny details; exact; precise
  2. A unit of time equal to1 /60 of an hour or 60 seconds. &diamf3; A sidereal minute is1 /60 of a sidereal hour, and a mean solar minute is1 /60 of a mean solar hour.
  3. Not worthy of notice; insignificant:
particular
Distinctive among others of the same group, category, or nature; noteworthy or exceptional:
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  1. Distinctive among others of the same group, category, or nature; noteworthy or exceptional:
  2. Of, belonging to, or associated with a specific person, group, thing, or category; not general or universal:
  3. Of, relating to, or providing details; precise:
absolute
Of, relating to, or being a transitive verb when its object is implied but not stated. For example, inspires in We have a teacher who inspires is an absolute verb.
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  1. Of, relating to, or being a transitive verb when its object is implied but not stated. For example, inspires in We have a teacher who inspires is an absolute verb.
  2. (Law) Complete and unconditional; final:
  3. Perfect; complete; whole
all-out
Using all available means or resources:
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  1. Using all available means or resources:
  2. (Cricket) The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.
  3. Complete or wholehearted
arrant
Alternative spelling of errant.
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  1. Alternative spelling of errant.
  2. Completely such; thoroughgoing:
  3. Utter; complete.
complete
Having come to an end; concluded:
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  1. Having come to an end; concluded:
  2. Having all necessary or normal parts, components, or steps; entire:
  3. (Football) Caught in bounds by a receiver:
consummate
Supremely accomplished or skilled:
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  1. Supremely accomplished or skilled:
  2. Complete; utter:
  3. Complete or perfect in every respect:
crashing
Total; absolute:
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  1. Total; absolute:
  2. (Informal) Thorough; complete
damned
(Informal) Deserving cursing; outrageous
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  1. (Informal) Deserving cursing; outrageous
  2. Destined to an unhappy fate:
  3. Used as an intensive:
dead
(Printing) Set, but no longer needed for use
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  1. (Printing) Set, but no longer needed for use
  2. Complete; utter:
  3. Complete; total; absolute
downright
Directly to the point; plain; unambiguous; unevasive.
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  1. Directly to the point; plain; unambiguous; unevasive.
  2. Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
  3. Complete; absolute; utter.
flat
Having a smooth, level surface; having little or no depression or elevation
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  1. Having a smooth, level surface; having little or no depression or elevation
  2. Being one half step lower than the corresponding natural key:
  3. Having a smooth, even surface:
out-and-out
Complete; thorough
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  1. Complete; thorough
outright
Made without constraints, stipulations, or additional payments owed:
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  1. Made without constraints, stipulations, or additional payments owed:
  2. Complete; total:
  3. Complete; total; whole
perfect
In a condition of complete excellence, as in skill or quantity; faultless; most excellent; sometimes used comparatively
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  1. In a condition of complete excellence, as in skill or quantity; faultless; most excellent; sometimes used comparatively
  2. Lacking nothing essential to the whole; complete of its nature or kind.
  3. Complete; thorough; utter:
plain
Common in rank or station; average; ordinary:
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  1. Common in rank or station; average; ordinary:
  2. Marked by little or no ornamentation or decoration:
  3. An extensive, relatively level area of land. Plains are present on all continents except Antarctica and are most often located in the interior regions. Because they can occur at almost any altitude or latitude, plains can be humid and forested, semiarid and grass-covered, or arid.
pure
(Phonet.) Articulated without any change in quality and with virtually no movement of the vocal organs; monophthongal
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  1. (Phonet.) Articulated without any change in quality and with virtually no movement of the vocal organs; monophthongal
  2. (Linguistics) Articulated with a single unchanging speech sound; monophthongal:
  3. Complete; utter:
sheer
Absolute; downright; unqualified; utter
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  1. Absolute; downright; unqualified; utter
  2. Considered or operating apart from anything else:
  3. Completely such, without qualification or exception:
thoroughgoing
Precise and painstaking
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  1. Precise and painstaking
  2. Very thorough; complete:
  3. Complete; thorough; full; with great attention to detail.
total
Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire:
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  1. Of, relating to, or constituting the whole amount; entire:
  2. Complete; utter; absolute:
  3. Complete; entire; undivided.
unbounded
Not kept within bounds; unrestrained:
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  1. Not kept within bounds; unrestrained:
  2. Without bounds or limits; boundless
  3. Having no boundaries or limits
unequivocal
Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable
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  1. Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable
  2. Not equivocal; not ambiguous; plain; clear
  3. (Possibly dated) Without equal, matchless.
unlimited
Having or seeming to have no boundaries; infinite:
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  1. Having or seeming to have no boundaries; infinite:
  2. Lacking or seeming to lack boundaries; vast; illimitable
  3. Without qualification or exception; absolute:
unmitigated
Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; unrelieved:
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  1. Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; unrelieved:
  2. Unqualified; out-and-out; absolute
  3. Without qualification or exception; absolute:
unqualified
Not limited or modified; absolute
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  1. Not limited or modified; absolute
  2. Lacking the proper or required qualifications:
  3. Lacking the necessary or desirable qualifications; not fit
unrelieved
Not relieved:
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  1. Not relieved:
  2. Continuous or unvarying:
  3. Utter; complete; without relief.
unreserved
Not held back for a particular person:
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  1. Not held back for a particular person:
  2. Not set aside for advance sale
  3. Given without reservation; unqualified:
utter
Unqualified; absolute; unconditional
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  1. Unqualified; absolute; unconditional
  2. Complete; total
  3. Complete; absolute; entire:
flat out
Absolute; thorough; definite
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  1. Absolute; thorough; definite
  2. Alternative form of flat out.
  3. At full speed, with maximum effort, etc.
positive
(Gram.) Of an adjective or adverb in its simple, uninflected or unmodified form or degree; neither comparative nor superlative
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  1. (Gram.) Of an adjective or adverb in its simple, uninflected or unmodified form or degree; neither comparative nor superlative
  2. Driven by or generating power directly through intermediate machine parts having little or no play:
  3. (Informal) Complete; absolute; out-and-out
blooming
Thriving; flourishing
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  1. Thriving; flourishing
  2. Used as an intensive:
  3. (Informal) Utter; complete
Find another word for thorough. In this page you can discover 56 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for thorough, like: exact, precise, total, meticulous, thoroughgoing, out-and-out, accurate, careful, absolute, all-out and complete.

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  • He also gained a thorough acquaintance with the French language.

  • But the king's French advisers were aware that Spain required a thorough financial and administrative reform.

  • Its evolution and the thorough application of its principles to actual church life came later, not in Saxony or Switzerland, but in France and Scotland; and through Scotland it has passed to all English-speaking lands.

  • There the education was more thorough, and the discipline stricter, than at Brienne.

  • The growth of Clerical influence in France engendered a belief that Italy would soon have to defend with the sword her newly-won unity, while the tremendous lesson of the Franco-Prussian War convinced the military authorities of the need for thorough military reform.

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