From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Exhaustive \Ex*haust"ive\, adjective Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. {Ex*haust"ive*ly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: very thorough; exhaustively complete; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research" [syn: {thorough}, {thoroughgoing}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "exhaustive": absolute, aggregate, all, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, all-out, all-pervading, born, broad-based, clean, clear, complete, comprehensive, congenital, consequential, considerable, consummate, deep, deep-dyed, downright, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, encyclopedic, entire, extensive, far-reaching, full, full-dress, full-scale, fully realized, grand, grave, great, gross, heavy, holistic, inclusive, integral, integrated, intense, intensive, irresistible, main, maximal, maximum, mighty, omnibus, omnipresent, one, one and indivisible, out-and-out, outright, perfect, pervasive, plain, plenary, plumb, polished, powerful, pure, radical, regular, serious, sheer, straight, strong, sweeping, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unconditional, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable, whole, wholesale
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