sweeping
Broad and dramatic
Sweeping describes broad, comprehensive movement or scope.
A sweeping gesture covers a wide arc.
Sweeping changes affect everything.
A sweeping victory is decisive and total.
The word suggests something that moves across or encompasses without stopping for particulars: a sweeping view of the valley, sweeping generalizations.
As a noun, sweepings are debris gathered by a broom.
Bristled cleaning stick
- dustpanHandheld floor-debris collector
- brushBristled cleaning tool
- floorIndoor walking surface
- debrisScattered broken fragments
dust · cobwebs · leaves · bristles · dirt · tidy up · clear away · gather
Including all elements
- wide-rangingCovering many subjects
- extensiveCovering a large scope
- all-encompassingIncluding everything without exception
- far-reachingHaving broad impact
wholesale · blanket · across-the-board · universal · overarching · panoramic · holistic · synoptic
Curved line segment
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- gestureCommunicative body movement
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
glide · swing · wave · brush · graceful · dramatic · fluid · arm movement
Improve by correcting faults
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- transformationThorough change in form
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
upheaval · shake-up · radical · drastic · modernization · reorganization · realignment · sea change
Mass of earth falling
- decisiveQuick to conclude
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- dominantHaving superior influence
- commandingExerting strong authority
resounding · crushing · total · complete · runaway · blowout · thorough · uncontested
broom
Bristled cleaning stick
debris · dust · cobwebs · leaves · bristles · dirt · tidy up · clear away · gather · pile
comprehensive
Including all elements
- wide-rangingCovering many subjects
- extensiveCovering a large scope
- all-encompassingIncluding everything without exception
far-reaching · wholesale · blanket · across-the-board · universal · overarching · panoramic · holistic · synoptic · bird's-eye
arc
Curved line segment
stroke · glide · swing · wave · brush · graceful · dramatic · fluid · arm movement · panoramic
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- transformationThorough change in form
restructuring · upheaval · shake-up · radical · drastic · modernization · reorganization · realignment · sea change · paradigm shift
landslide
Mass of earth falling
- decisiveQuick to conclude
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- dominantHaving superior influence
commanding · resounding · crushing · total · complete · runaway · blowout · thorough · uncontested · routing
- daily activitiescooking, cleaning, eating, sleeping, bathing
- houseworkdishes, mopping, dusting, dishwashing, vacuuming
- cleaning motionswiping, rubbing, scrubbing, brushing, mopping
- cleaning servicesjanitors, custodians, office cleaning, window washing, floor care
- cleanupdebris removal, litter removal, junk removal, waste disposal, litter pickup
- dance qualitiesfluidity, graceful, musicality, rhythmic, grace
- sweeping awayRemoving with broad strokes
- sweeping under the rug
- sweeping asideForcefully dismissing or removing
- street sweepingRemoving debris from roadways
- sweeping curves
- sweeping motion