exhaustive
Leaving nothing out
Exhaustive means thorough and complete, leaving nothing out.
An exhaustive search examines every possibility.
An exhaustive list includes all items.
An exhaustive study covers every aspect of its subject.
The word implies comprehensiveness to the point of being tiring—related to exhaust in the sense of using up completely.
Lacking nothing, fully done
- all-encompassingIncluding everything without exception
- all-inclusiveCovering every element
- thoroughComplete in every detail
- totalComplete sum
entire · full · sweeping · extensive · whole · encyclopedic · definitive · conclusive
Full of specifics
- in-depthThoroughly and comprehensively detailed
- painstakingExtremely careful and thorough
- scrupulousThorough and principled
- thoroughComplete in every detail
systematic · rigorous · methodical · careful · precise · exacting · minute · fine-grained
Extremely tiring and demanding
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
- strenuousRequiring intense exertion
- taxingRequiring great effort
- demandingRequiring great effort
tiring · fatiguing · wearying · punishing · relentless · overwhelming · onerous · burdensome
Deliberate learning effort
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- inquiryRequest for information
- surveySystematic data collection
review · audit · examination · inventory · cataloging · documentation · compilation · canvassing
complete
Lacking nothing, fully done
- all-encompassingIncluding everything without exception
- all-inclusiveCovering every element
- thoroughComplete in every detail
total · entire · full · sweeping · extensive · whole · encyclopedic · definitive · conclusive · umbrella
detailed
Full of specifics
- in-depthThoroughly and comprehensively detailed
- painstakingExtremely careful and thorough
- scrupulousThorough and principled
thorough · systematic · rigorous · methodical · careful · precise · exacting · minute · fine-grained · itemized
grueling
Extremely tiring and demanding
demanding · tiring · fatiguing · wearying · punishing · relentless · overwhelming · onerous · burdensome · laborious
study
Deliberate learning effort
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- inquiryRequest for information
survey · review · audit · examination · inventory · cataloging · documentation · compilation · canvassing · census
- Absolutesabsolute, absolutely, all, always, complete
- completenesscomplete, completely, entire, totally, total
- detail levelsdetailed, general, specific, broad, narrow
- totalityall, entirety, everything, whole, totality
- fullnessfull, empty, half-full, filled, half-empty
- scopebroad, narrow, limited, extensive, comprehensive
exhaustiveincomplete
Lacking necessary parts
partial · cursory · superficial · perfunctory · sketchy
exhaustiveshallow
Without much depth
cursory · superficial · slipshod · careless · haphazard
exhaustivelimited
Restricted in extent
narrow · restricted · selective · circumscribed · focused
- heat exhaustionCondition from excessive warmth
- emotional exhaustionDepleted capacity for feeling
- worked to exhaustion
- nervous exhaustionFatigue from sustained stress
- persistent exhaustionOngoing state of depletion
exhausting, exhaustion, inexhaustible, exhaustively, exhaustible, exhaustiveness, inexhaustibly, non-exhaustive