full-scale

Not scaled down

Full-scale describes something done to the maximum extent or at actual size.

A full-scale model or replica matches the dimensions of the original, not reduced or enlarged.

A full-scale investigation or war involves complete resources and effort, nothing held back.

The police launched a full-scale manhunt after the prison break.

The term emphasizes totality—whether measuring physical size or the scope of an undertaking.

size

life-size

Matching actual dimensions

measured · exact · precise · accurate · undiminished · unreduced · complete · whole · entire · total

investigation

inquiry

Request for information

  • auditFormal accounts examination
  • reviewCritical written assessment
  • probeThorough examination or tool

examination · study · analysis · assessment · evaluation · inspection · scrutiny · inquest · research · survey

military

invasion

Forcible entry into territory

  • assaultViolent offensive act
  • attackAggressive act against another
  • offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented

war · operation · mobilization · deployment · campaign · engagement · combat · strike · intervention · conflict

replica

reproduction

Copying or procreation

  • modelRepresentation or paradigm
  • mock-upPreliminary representational model
  • facsimileExact reproduction of original

copy · reconstruction · recreation · duplicate · prototype · simulation · replica · demonstrator · display · exhibit

production

manufacturing

Industrial product creation

factory · operational · rollout · launch · implementation · deployment · expansion · capacity · output · assembly

Opposites
size/proportion

full-scaleminiature

Reduced-scale representation

scaled-down · small-scale · reduced · shrunken · life-size

scope/extent

full-scalelimited

Restricted in extent

partial · restricted · small-scale · narrow · localized

thoroughness/depth

full-scalesuperficial

Lacking depth or substance

cursory · partial · incomplete · half-hearted · limited

Family

full, scale, fully, fulfill, scales, fullness, upscale, scaling, scaled

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