What is another word for general?
937 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ d͡ʒˈɛnəɹə͡l], [ dʒˈɛnəɹəl], [ dʒ_ˈɛ_n_ə_ɹ_əl]
The word "general" can have a broad range of meanings, and as such, there are many synonyms that can be used to convey a similar idea. Some possible synonyms for "general" include "universal," "all-encompassing," "omnibus," and "comprehensive." Other synonyms that are commonly used include "overall," "global," "widespread," and "inclusive." Depending on the particular context in which the word is used, there may be additional synonyms that could be more appropriate, such as "common" or "generic." Ultimately, the choice of synonym will depend on the specific nuance or emphasis that the writer or speaker wishes to convey.
Synonyms for General:
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adj.
• average- boilerplate ,
- nowhere ,
- run of the mill ,
- SOSO ,
- dime a dozen ,
- fair ,
- fair to middling ,
- garden-variety ,
- intermediate ,
- mainstream ,
- mediocre ,
- medium ,
- middle of the road ,
- middling ,
- moderate ,
- passable ,
- plastic ,
- so-so ,
- tolerable ,
- undistinguished ,
- unexceptional .
- Designless ,
- Imperceptive ,
- undiscriminating ,
- unmethodical ,
- unselective ,
- motley ,
- uncritical ,
- unsystematic ,
- wholesale .
- Securable ,
- be had ,
- getable ,
- nondiscriminatory ,
- not posted ,
- on deck ,
- open-door ,
- non-discriminatory ,
- to be had ,
- within reach .
- all over the place ,
- can't get away from ,
- all over place ,
- cant get away from ,
- in escapable ,
- in-escapable ,
- more permeating ,
- more pervading ,
- most permeating ,
- most pervading .
- Familiar ,
- Predominating ,
- canonical ,
- chronic ,
- commonplace ,
- constant ,
- continual ,
- cyclical ,
- epochal ,
- everyday ,
- frequent ,
- habitual ,
- metronomic ,
- monotonous ,
- mundane ,
- orthodox ,
- periodic ,
- prevailing ,
- recurrent ,
- rhythmic ,
- steady ,
- stock ,
- traditional .
- all over ,
- all-over ,
- allover ,
- collective ,
- generic ,
- mass ,
- master ,
- multi-national ,
- omnipresent ,
- pandemic ,
- ubiquitous ,
- multinational .
- affiliated ,
- agnate ,
- akin ,
- allied ,
- analogous ,
- comparable ,
- connate ,
- connatural ,
- connected ,
- consanguine ,
- incident ,
- kindred ,
- like ,
- related ,
- same ,
- similar .
- banal ,
- bourgeois ,
- casual ,
- characteristic ,
- colloquial ,
- daily ,
- hackneyed ,
- homely ,
- informal ,
- obscure ,
- plain ,
- probable ,
- prosaic ,
- simple ,
- stale ,
- stereotyped ,
- trite ,
- trivial ,
- wearisome ,
- worn-out .
- across board ,
- dis cursive ,
- dis-cursive ,
- in finite ,
- in-finite ,
- infinite ,
- lock stock barrel ,
- more comprising ,
- more containing ,
- more encircling ,
- more synoptic ,
- more umbrella ,
- more wall to wall ,
- more wall-to-wall ,
- most comprising ,
- most containing ,
- most encircling ,
- most synoptic ,
- most umbrella ,
- most wall to wall ,
- most wall-to-wall ,
- synoptic ,
- the whole shebang ,
- workser ,
- worksest .
- buttondown ,
- more ritual ,
- more tralatitious ,
- most ritual ,
- most tralatitious ,
- pre dominant ,
- pre-dominant .
- cuttingedge ,
- doinger ,
- doingest ,
- fadder ,
- faddest ,
- in mainstream ,
- in news ,
- instant ,
- leadingedge ,
- more cutting edge ,
- more cutting-edge ,
- more cuttingedge ,
- more leading edge ,
- more leading-edge ,
- more leadingedge ,
- most cutting edge ,
- most cutting-edge ,
- most cuttingedge ,
- most leading edge ,
- most leading-edge ,
- most leadingedge ,
- nower ,
- nowest ,
- pre sent ,
- pre-sent ,
- present day ,
- presentday ,
- swinging ,
- up to date .
- in groove ,
- more regulation ,
- more stipulated ,
- most regulation ,
- most stipulated ,
- prescriptive ,
- re cognized ,
- re-cognized ,
- standard operating procedure ,
- under stood ,
- under-stood .
- more broadcast ,
- more circulated ,
- more dispersed ,
- more disseminated ,
- more expanded ,
- more propagated ,
- more radiated ,
- more strewn ,
- more unconcentrated ,
- most broadcast ,
- most circulated ,
- most diluted ,
- most dispersed ,
- most disseminated ,
- most expanded ,
- most propagated ,
- most radiated ,
- most strewn ,
- most unconcentrated ,
- un concentrated ,
- un-concentrated .
- all encompassing ,
- allencompassing ,
- more all encompassing ,
- more all-encompassing ,
- more allencompassing ,
- more thorough going ,
- more thorough-going ,
- more thoroughgoing ,
- most all encompassing ,
- most all-encompassing ,
- most allencompassing ,
- most thorough going ,
- most thorough-going ,
- thorough going ,
- thorough-going .
- ex tensive ,
- ex-tensive ,
- large scale ,
- largescale ,
- more extensive ,
- more scopious ,
- more unexclusive ,
- most scopious ,
- most unexclusive ,
- un exclusive ,
- un restricted ,
- un-exclusive ,
- un-restricted ,
- voluminous ,
- wall to wall ,
- wall wall .
- Comprehending ,
- across-the-board ,
- ample ,
- blanket ,
- catholic ,
- ecumenical ,
- endless ,
- far-reaching ,
- humdrum ,
- ill-defined ,
- inaccurate ,
- limitless ,
- matter-of-course ,
- miscellaneous ,
- not partial ,
- not particular ,
- not specific ,
- overall ,
- run-of-the-mill ,
- taken as a whole ,
- total ,
- uncertain ,
- unconfined ,
- uneventful ,
- unlimited ,
- vague ,
- wonted .
- all out ,
- allaround ,
- allout ,
- inter national ,
- inter-national ,
- un bounded ,
- un-bounded ,
- world ,
- worlder ,
- worldest .
- ill defined ,
- illdefined ,
- in definite ,
- in determinable ,
- in distinct ,
- in exact ,
- in exhaustible ,
- in numerable ,
- in tangible ,
- in-definite ,
- in-determinable ,
- in-distinct ,
- in-exact ,
- in-exhaustible ,
- in-numerable ,
- in-tangible ,
- inexact ,
- innumerable ,
- more imprecise ,
- more indeterminable ,
- more unfixed ,
- more unspecific ,
- most imprecise ,
- most indeterminable ,
- most unfixed ,
- most unspecific ,
- un clear ,
- un clearest ,
- un defined ,
- un dependable ,
- un determined ,
- un fixed ,
- un known ,
- un settled ,
- un specific ,
- un sure ,
- un-clear ,
- un-clearest ,
- un-defined ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-determined ,
- un-fixed ,
- un-known ,
- un-settled ,
- un-specific ,
- un-sure .
- in conclusive ,
- in determinate ,
- in-conclusive ,
- in-determinate ,
- more borderless ,
- more unstipulated ,
- most borderless ,
- most unstipulated ,
- un stipulated ,
- un-stipulated .
- asleep job ,
- de relict ,
- de-relict ,
- devil may care ,
- dis regardful ,
- dis-regardful ,
- in accurate ,
- in different ,
- in-different ,
- lax ,
- more overindulgent ,
- most overindulgent ,
- neglectful ,
- over indulgent ,
- over-indulgent ,
- un-mindful .
- avant garde ,
- avantgarde ,
- broad minded ,
- high minded ,
- highminded ,
- latitudinarian ,
- liberal ,
- more humanistic ,
- more latitudinarian ,
- more libertarian ,
- more reformist ,
- more unbigoted ,
- most humanistic ,
- most latitudinarian ,
- most libertarian ,
- most reformist ,
- most unbigoted ,
- reformist ,
- un biased ,
- un bigoted ,
- un conventional ,
- un prejudiced ,
- un-bigoted ,
- un-conventional ,
- un-prejudiced ,
- under standing ,
- under-standing .
- inter state ,
- more countrywide ,
- more federal ,
- more interstate ,
- more nationwide ,
- most countrywide ,
- most federal ,
- most interstate ,
- most nationwide ,
- national ,
- stater ,
- statest .
- in born ,
- in generate ,
- in voluntary ,
- in-born ,
- in-generate ,
- in-voluntary ,
- more ingenerate ,
- more matter of course ,
- more matter-of-course ,
- more natal ,
- more unacquired ,
- most ingenerate ,
- most matter of course ,
- most matter-of-course ,
- most natal ,
- most unacquired ,
- un acquired ,
- un controlled ,
- un-acquired ,
- un-controlled ,
- uni form ,
- uni-form .
- more adopted ,
- more demanded ,
- more embraced ,
- more proletarian ,
- most adopted ,
- most demanded ,
- most embraced ,
- most proletarian ,
- proletarian .
- flasher ,
- flashest ,
- in-attentive ,
- more depthless ,
- more quick fix ,
- more quick-fix ,
- more quickfix ,
- more smattery ,
- more warped ,
- most depthless ,
- most quick fix ,
- most quick-fix ,
- most quickfix ,
- most smattery ,
- most warped ,
- nodding ,
- on surface ,
- quick-fix ,
- quickfix ,
- shoalest ,
- skin deep ,
- skindeep ,
- sur face ,
- sur-face ,
- tip iceberg ,
- tip of iceberg ,
- tip the iceberg .
- bird eye ,
- bird's eye ,
- bird'seye ,
- birdeye ,
- birds eye ,
- birds-eye ,
- birdseye ,
- more overdrawn ,
- more overstated ,
- more whole hog ,
- more whole-hog ,
- more wholehog ,
- most overdrawn ,
- most overstated ,
- most whole hog ,
- most whole-hog ,
- most wholehog ,
- over drawn ,
- over stated ,
- over-drawn ,
- over-stated ,
- wholehog .
- Postulated ,
- as premise ,
- formularized ,
- in abstract ,
- meta physical ,
- meta-physical ,
- more codified ,
- more formalistic ,
- more formularized ,
- more idealized ,
- more ideational ,
- more ideological ,
- more instanced ,
- more postulated ,
- more presumed ,
- most codified ,
- most formalistic ,
- most formularized ,
- most idealized ,
- most ideational ,
- most ideological ,
- most instanced ,
- most postulated ,
- most presumed ,
- notional ,
- un earthlier ,
- un earthliest ,
- un earthly ,
- un proved ,
- un substantiated ,
- un-earthlier ,
- un-earthliest ,
- un-earthly ,
- un-proved ,
- un-substantiated ,
- unproved .
- grindest ,
- more white bread ,
- more white-bread ,
- more whitebread ,
- most white bread ,
- most white-bread ,
- most whitebread .
- dis tended ,
- dis-tended ,
- far ranging ,
- farranging ,
- more dilated ,
- more far ranging ,
- more far-ranging ,
- more farranging ,
- more outspread ,
- more outstretched ,
- most dilated ,
- most far ranging ,
- most far-ranging ,
- most farranging ,
- most outspread ,
- most outstretched ,
- out spread ,
- out stretched ,
- out-spread ,
- out-stretched ,
- outstretched ,
- splayer ,
- splayest .
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- surprise .
- advisers ,
- board ,
- bureau ,
- cabinet ,
- chair ,
- chairperson ,
- command ,
- commander ,
- committee ,
- consulate ,
- department ,
- directors ,
- executive ,
- executives ,
- front office ,
- headquarters ,
- legislature ,
- management ,
- ministry ,
- officials ,
- powers ,
- president ,
- stewards ,
- superintendents ,
- supervisors .
- big cheese ,
- big wheel ,
- bigwig ,
- boss ,
- captain ,
- chieftain ,
- dictator ,
- director ,
- governor ,
- head ,
- monarch ,
- overlord ,
- overseer ,
- principal ,
- proprietor .
- administrator ,
- band master ,
- baron ,
- commandant ,
- conductor ,
- dean ,
- foreman ,
- king ,
- lord ,
- magistrate ,
- mayor ,
- officer ,
- queen ,
- ringmaster ,
- taskmaster ,
- warden .
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• complete • reported Other synonyms:
- thin .
- administration (of an estate) ,
- all-inclusive ,
- communal ,
- democratic ,
- expansive ,
- extended ,
- global ,
- graphic ,
- graphically ,
- large ,
- natural ,
- skeletal ,
- typical ,
- unsparing ,
- vivid ,
- watered-down .
- minute .
- wide .
- rough .
- loose .
Other relevant words:
- Bird-eye ,
- Bulker ,
- Commutual ,
- Depthless ,
- INTER-STATE ,
- Ingenerate ,
- Intermutual ,
- Masser ,
- Overdrawn ,
- Unacquired ,
- accustomed ,
- all around ,
- all-embracing ,
- all-encompassing ,
- any way ,
- as a premise ,
- asleep on job ,
- average ,
- behindhand ,
- bird's-eye ,
- borderless ,
- broadminded ,
- button down ,
- by numbers ,
- co-operative ,
- cognate ,
- comformable ,
- common ,
- common knowledge ,
- communistic ,
- conjunct ,
- conventional ,
- countrywide ,
- current ,
- customary ,
- cut and dried ,
- cutting-edge ,
- faddy ,
- federal ,
- formalistic ,
- garden variety ,
- going around ,
- government civic ,
- grinder ,
- humanistic ,
- ideational ,
- ideological ,
- imprecise ,
- in a rut ,
- in bulk ,
- in character ,
- in circulation ,
- in common ,
- in demand ,
- in depth ,
- in established usage ,
- in keeping ,
- in mass ,
- in progress ,
- in quantity ,
- in rut ,
- in the abstract ,
- in the groove ,
- in the mainstream ,
- in the mass ,
- in the news ,
- in theory ,
- in use ,
- inclusive ,
- indefinite ,
- indeterminable ,
- indiscriminate ,
- interstate ,
- latest word ,
- leading-edge ,
- liberalistic ,
- libertarian ,
- lock stock and barrel ,
- looked for ,
- natal ,
- nationwide ,
- non-specific ,
- nonspecific ,
- normal ,
- of great scope ,
- on front burner ,
- on the surface ,
- one-dimensional ,
- open ,
- ordinary ,
- out and out ,
- outspread ,
- overindulgent ,
- paradigmatic ,
- paying no mind ,
- pervasive ,
- plenary ,
- popular ,
- prevalent ,
- prototypal ,
- prototypic ,
- prototypical ,
- public ,
- quantitative ,
- regular ,
- rife ,
- same old ,
- scopic ,
- scopious ,
- seasonal ,
- shoaler ,
- smattery ,
- socialistic ,
- societal ,
- splay ,
- standard ,
- superficial ,
- the big picture ,
- the works ,
- theoretic ,
- tip of the iceberg ,
- tralatitious ,
- typic ,
- unbigoted ,
- unconcentrated ,
- undetailed ,
- unexclusive ,
- unfixed ,
- universal ,
- unremarkable ,
- unspecific ,
- unstipulated ,
- unvaried ,
- usual ,
- wall-to-wall ,
- white bread ,
- white-bread ,
- whitebread ,
- whole shebang ,
- whole-hog ,
- workaday ,
- wornout .
- FEDS ,
- Presidencies ,
- administration ,
- admiral ,
- admirals ,
- big gun ,
- big guns ,
- chief ,
- commanding officer ,
- controller ,
- controllers ,
- counsellor ,
- counsellors ,
- doyen ,
- doyens ,
- embassy ,
- foreperson ,
- generals ,
- governing body ,
- head honcho ,
- head person ,
- head quarters ,
- honcho ,
- key player ,
- leader ,
- lion ,
- luminary ,
- manager ,
- ministries ,
- officers ,
- orchestrator ,
- orchestrators ,
- over-seer ,
- overseers ,
- pacesetter ,
- presidency ,
- presidia ,
- presidium ,
- presidiums ,
- ringleader ,
- ruler ,
- sovereign ,
- superintendent ,
- supervisor ,
- suzerain ,
- suzerains ,
- top brass ,
- top cat ,
- upstairs .
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How to use "General" in context?
General is a type of soldier that is not confined to a specific career field. In other words, a general can be a soldier, a Marine, an airman, or a sailor. Furthermore, no matter what their rank, all general officers must complete the Combat Infantryman's Badge course.
A general is typically considered to be the most senior officer in a unit. They are responsible for overseeing and directing the activities of their subordinates. They also have the ability to give orders that can affect the entire unit.
Paraphrases for General:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
overall, across-the-board.
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Proper noun, singular
overall.
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Noun, singular or mass
overall.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
generalized, Generalities, generale, secretaries-general.
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Noun, plural
Generalities, generalizations.
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Noun, singular or mass
generality, secretaries-general.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
all-around, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, conventional, fundamental, general-purpose, generic, horizontal, overriding, pervasive, popular, prevailing, public, sweeping, typical, universal, usual, wide-ranging, foundational, catch-all, non-specific, rank-and-file, over-arching, eral, geral, broadly-based, corporate-level.
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Proper noun, singular
broad, generally, generic, media, men, public, universal, Categories, Duties, Facilities, Has, Minas, Phases, Consultants, Goals, Hearings, Languages, Measures, Negotiations, Physicians, Records, sisters, gets, takes, skills, arrangements, warrants, rolls, methods, notes, forces, powers, functions, technicians, magistrates, types, directions, obligations, aspects, weapons, speakers, characteristics, users, highlights, electors, airports, specifications, priorities, organisations, generali, geral, generales.
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Noun, singular or mass
generic, public, universal, highlights, generali.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
tends.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
generalised, generalized.
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Proper noun, singular
generalised.
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Adjective
Hyponym for General:
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pull one's weight
- Synonyms:
- work, pull one's weight.
