industrywide

Spanning entire sector

Industrywide means affecting or applying to an entire industry rather than just individual companies: industrywide standards, an industrywide shortage of skilled workers.

The word often appears in discussions of regulations, trends, or labor actions that span all businesses in a sector.

Also spelled industry-wide.

standards

regulations

Enforced rules and standards

best practices · compliance · certification · accreditation · quality control · norms · conventions · metrics · criteria · interoperability

scope

all-encompassing

Including everything without exception

extensive · across-the-board · full-scale · blanket · collective · universal · holistic · inclusive · systematic · thorough

sectors

manufacturing

Industrial product creation

aerospace · healthcare · finance · telecommunications · energy · construction · retail · hospitality · agriculture · entertainment

adoption

prevalent

Commonly occurring, widespread

entrenched · dominant · normalized · conventional · routine · customary · typical · standard practice · accepted · recognized

Opposites
scope/scale

industrywidecompany-specific

Unique to one organization

individual · localized · proprietary · in-house · internal

Family

wide, industry, industrial, industrious, industriousness, industrialized, industrialization, industrialize, industrially

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G