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Adjectives (1)
all-purpose
adj. not limited in use or function
Fuzzynyms (4)
various, versatile
adj. having great diversity or variety; "his various achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile erudition"
adaptable
adj. capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths"
multipurpose
adj. having multiple uses; "a multipurpose tool"
Synonyms (24)
at large, in general, as a whole
adj. "the country at large"; "I enjoyed the play as a whole though I thought the acting could have been better"
at-large
adj. representing the whole of a state or body rather than one specific division or part of it: "ambassador-at-large"
broad, nonspecific, unspecific
adj. not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"
widespread, generalized
adj. widely circulated or diffused; "a widespread doctrine"; "widespread fear of nuclear war"
generic
adj. applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?"
gross
adj. lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of the structure appear reasonable"
plain, lay, popular, nontechnical, unspecialized, untechnical
adj. not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences; "nontechnical aspects of the job"; "nontechnical training"; "an untechnical reader"; "in clear effective nontechnical language"
mass, large-scale
adj. "mass destruction"
miscellaneous
adj. constituting a grab-bag category; "the usual collection of miscellaneous expenses"
overall
adj. involving only main features; "the overall pattern of his life"
pandemic
adj. existing everywhere; "pandemic fear of nuclear war"
pervading, pervasive
adj. spreading or spread throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"; "an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion"
Antonyms (0)
general-purpose
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