Synonyms for Thorough:

• adj.

  •absolute (adjective)
  • no holds barred,
  • no ifs ands or buts,
  • freest,
  • no fine print,
  • infinite,
  • no joke,
  • straight out,
  • no strings attached,
  • no catch.
  •abysmal (adjective)
  • un ending,
  • in calculable,
  • un-fathomable,
  • in-calculable,
  • un fathomable,
  • un-ending.
  •all (adjective)
  • thorough.
  •all-encompassing (adjective)
  • accurate.
  •analytic/analytical (adjective)
  • questioning,
  • more testing,
  • more reasonable,
  • more problemsolving,
  • in quiring,
  • wellgrounded,
  • more valid,
  • problemsolving,
  • well grounded,
  • valid,
  • dis crete,
  • more problem solving,
  • most problemsolving,
  • more precise,
  • most questioning,
  • more questioning,
  • logical,
  • dis-crete,
  • most dissecting,
  • most testing,
  • more dissecting,
  • more problem-solving,
  • most problem-solving,
  • most problem solving,
  • problem solving,
  • in-quiring,
  • ratiocinative.
  •analytical (adjective)
  • most reasonably,
  • more reasonably.
  •blank (adjective)
  • straightout,
  • re-gular,
  • re gular.
  •blow-by-blow (adjective)
  • blow by blow,
  • step by step.
  •businesslike (adjective)
  • well-ordered,
  • matter of fact,
  • workaday,
  • disciplined,
  • matter-of-fact.
  •careful (adjective)
  • self disciplined,
  • more selfdisciplined,
  • ex acting,
  • observant,
  • most selfdisciplined,
  • provident,
  • more careful,
  • de-liberate,
  • de liberate,
  • going great lengths,
  • ex-acting.
  •complete (adjective)
  • full,
  • integrated,
  • comprehensive,
  • uncensored,
  • undocked,
  • total,
  • unabbreviated,
  • Whole-length,
  • replete,
  • sum,
  • universal,
  • intact,
  • unitary,
  • whole enchilada,
  • unreduced,
  • uncondensed,
  • collective,
  • finished,
  • integral,
  • unsevered,
  • imperforate,
  • the works,
  • conclusive,
  • done,
  • accomplished,
  • whole,
  • solid,
  • whole nine yards,
  • final,
  • all,
  • unabridged,
  • unified,
  • whole-hog,
  • uncut,
  • unexpurgated,
  • undiminished,
  • lock stock and barrel,
  • through,
  • hook line and sinker,
  • entire.
  •comprehensive (adjective)
  • more all embracing,
  • more containing,
  • dis-cursive,
  • all inclusive,
  • all embracing,
  • most all embracing,
  • ex tensive,
  • most wall to wall,
  • ex-tensive,
  • most all-embracing,
  • more synoptic,
  • more extensive,
  • across board,
  • more wall-to-wall,
  • farreaching,
  • synoptic,
  • the whole shebang,
  • allinclusive,
  • most umbrella,
  • most allembracing,
  • allembracing,
  • more encircling,
  • more wall to wall,
  • most wall-to-wall,
  • more umbrella,
  • most synoptic,
  • more allembracing,
  • most comprising,
  • most encircling,
  • dis cursive,
  • far reaching,
  • wall to wall,
  • more all-embracing,
  • far-reaching,
  • more comprising,
  • most containing.
  •congenital (adjective)
  • Unacquired.
  •deep-rooted (adjective)
  • dyed-in-the-wool.
  •detailed (adjective)
  • more clocklike,
  • more circumstantiated,
  • ex act,
  • most elaborated,
  • ex-act,
  • dis closed,
  • more elaborated,
  • de scribed,
  • most circumstantiated,
  • co pious,
  • co-pious,
  • more point by point,
  • most clocklike,
  • de-tailed,
  • dis-closed,
  • more point-by-point,
  • more amplified,
  • most described,
  • more enumerated,
  • more unfolded,
  • point-by-point,
  • most individualized,
  • de-scribed,
  • un-folded,
  • most enumerated,
  • most seriatim,
  • most point-by-point,
  • de finite,
  • in dividual,
  • more individualized,
  • most unfolded,
  • in-dividual,
  • most disclosed,
  • more seriatim,
  • un folded,
  • de-finite,
  • de tailed,
  • more described,
  • more disclosed,
  • most point by point,
  • most amplified.
  •dyed-in-the-wool (adjective)
  • to the core,
  • through and through,
  • deep down,
  • deeply ingrained,
  • deep-down,
  • the core,
  • longstanding,
  • well-established,
  • die hard,
  • deep-dyed.
  •elaborate (adjective)
  • with options,
  • more decorated,
  • most ornamented,
  • more embellished,
  • with bells and whistles,
  • most many faceted,
  • over-done,
  • most garnished,
  • more manyfaceted,
  • with extras,
  • with the extras,
  • embellished,
  • more garnished,
  • over-worked,
  • more elaborate,
  • more ornamented,
  • many faceted,
  • with the options,
  • with bells whistles,
  • more many-faceted,
  • manyfaceted,
  • with all options,
  • more luxurious,
  • with all extras,
  • over worked,
  • most manyfaceted,
  • re fined,
  • more many faceted,
  • most embellished,
  • most decorated,
  • over done,
  • most many-faceted.
  •encyclopedic (adjective)
  • more thorough going,
  • wide-ranging,
  • wide ranging,
  • more wideranging,
  • more thorough-going,
  • more all-encompassing,
  • more wide ranging,
  • most wide ranging,
  • most allencompassing,
  • allencompassing,
  • most all encompassing,
  • thorough-going,
  • more all encompassing,
  • more allencompassing,
  • all encompassing,
  • most wideranging,
  • more wide-ranging,
  • most all-encompassing,
  • wideranging,
  • most wide-ranging,
  • thorough going,
  • most thorough-going,
  • uni versal,
  • most thorough going,
  • uni-versal.
  •entire (adjective)
  • Choate,
  • uninjured.
  •exhaustive (adjective)
  • fullblown,
  • from to z,
  • allout,
  • wordest,
  • more embracive,
  • full blown,
  • from a z,
  • Worder,
  • from z,
  • most embracive.
  •expansive (adjective)
  • more unrepressed,
  • unsuppressed,
  • most stretching,
  • stretching,
  • more scopious,
  • voluminous,
  • un suppressed,
  • most dilatant,
  • most expanding,
  • more scopic,
  • un repressed,
  • more dilatant,
  • most scopious,
  • most scopic,
  • un-repressed,
  • most unrepressed,
  • un-suppressed,
  • more expanding,
  • more stretching,
  • expanding,
  • most unsuppressed,
  • more unsuppressed.
  •extended (adjective)
  • outspread.
  •extreme (adjective)
  • stern,
  • egregious,
  • extra ordinary,
  • extreme,
  • overkill,
  • out of proportion.
  •full-scale (adjective)
  • more fullout,
  • fullscale,
  • full scale,
  • most fullout,
  • most full out,
  • more full-out,
  • fullout,
  • full out,
  • more full out,
  • most full-out.
  •global (adjective)
  • allaround,
  • inter national,
  • worldest,
  • international,
  • world,
  • inter-national,
  • global,
  • worlder.
  •in-depth (adjective)
  • most thoroughly,
  • more extensively,
  • most extensively,
  • more thoroughly.
  •inborn (adjective)
  • congenital.
  •indwelling (adjective)
  • in-dwelling,
  • indwelling.
  •intensive (adjective)
  • speeded-up,
  • speeded up.
  •intimate (adjective)
  • inmost,
  • inner most,
  • trusted,
  • up-tight,
  • most viscerous,
  • in-born,
  • in-most,
  • in born,
  • in most,
  • more viscerous,
  • inner-most,
  • up tight.
  •judicious (adjective)
  • most well-judged,
  • far-sighted,
  • clear sighted,
  • most clear-sighted,
  • well-judged,
  • more well-judged,
  • quick witted,
  • dis criminating,
  • dis-criminating,
  • quickwitted,
  • Worldlywise,
  • more welljudged,
  • well judged,
  • more clear-sighted,
  • most clearsighted,
  • far sighted,
  • most well judged,
  • welljudged,
  • more clearsighted,
  • more clear sighted,
  • welladvised,
  • most welljudged,
  • more well judged,
  • most clear sighted.
  •meticulous (adjective)
  • dotting i,
  • crossing ts,
  • dotting i's,
  • dotting the i,
  • crossing the ts,
  • crossing the t,
  • dotting the is,
  • most stickling,
  • crossing t,
  • more stickling,
  • crossing t's,
  • more conscionable,
  • most conscionable,
  • dotting is.
  •minute (adjective)
  • most particularized,
  • more particularized.
  •orderly (adjective)
  • in good shape,
  • in order,
  • to rights,
  • set-up,
  • in apple-pie order,
  • in shape,
  • all together,
  • neat as button,
  • uncluttered,
  • neat as pin.
  •out-and-out (adjective)
  • more through and through,
  • out and out,
  • most through-and-through,
  • through-and-through,
  • more through-and-through,
  • most through and through.
  •outright (adjective)
  • un deniable,
  • out-right,
  • out righter,
  • un-equivocal,
  • un equivocal,
  • out-rightest,
  • out rightest,
  • out right,
  • out-righter,
  • un-deniable.
  •overall (adjective)
  • long-term,
  • long-range.
  •painstaking (adjective)
  • in-depth.
  •particular (adjective)
  • ex-press,
  • ex press.
  •positive (adjective)
  • clear cut.
  •profound (adjective)
  • most acroamatic,
  • pro found,
  • more acroamatic,
  • more orphic,
  • hermetic,
  • pro founder,
  • pro-founder,
  • pro-found,
  • most orphic.
  •radical (adjective)
  • farout,
  • in-subordinate,
  • more freethinking,
  • most insurrectionary,
  • more anarchistic,
  • most anarchistic,
  • most extremist,
  • more recusant,
  • in subordinate,
  • more insurrectionary,
  • most freethinking,
  • more ultraist,
  • most leftist,
  • more extremist,
  • most ultraist,
  • most recusant,
  • more leftist.
  •rank (adjective)
  • out-standing,
  • out standing,
  • most undisguised,
  • undisguised,
  • un-disguised,
  • un disguised,
  • more undisguised.
  •resolute (adjective)
  • resolute,
  • unshakeable,
  • unflinching,
  • bullheaded,
  • true,
  • bold,
  • dauntless,
  • courageous,
  • unyielding,
  • loyal,
  • unwavering,
  • tireless,
  • persevering,
  • insistent,
  • headstrong,
  • staunch,
  • fearless,
  • serious,
  • determined,
  • dedicated,
  • tough,
  • willing,
  • unchangeable,
  • inexorable,
  • reliable,
  • indomitable,
  • earnest,
  • relentless,
  • ruthless,
  • decided,
  • diligent,
  • intent,
  • indefatigable,
  • decisive,
  • persistent,
  • steely,
  • tenacious,
  • steadfast,
  • firm,
  • zealous,
  • uncompromising,
  • dogged,
  • unbending,
  • stubborn,
  • devoted,
  • valiant,
  • set,
  • strong-minded,
  • strong-willed,
  • faithful,
  • plucky,
  • constant,
  • resolved,
  • implacable,
  • iron-willed,
  • steady,
  • committed,
  • spunky,
  • hearty,
  • deliberate.
  •sound (adjective)
  • in the pink,
  • right as rain,
  • wrapped tight,
  • Undecayed,
  • alive and kicking,
  • up to snuff,
  • unhurt,
  • well-constructed.
  •sweeping (adjective)
  • bird's eye,
  • bird'seye,
  • birds-eye,
  • over drawn,
  • birdeye,
  • more overstated,
  • most overdrawn,
  • in-discriminate,
  • bird eye,
  • birdseye,
  • most overstated,
  • more overdrawn,
  • over-drawn,
  • birds eye,
  • over stated,
  • over-stated,
  • in discriminate.
  •unabbreviated (adjective)
  • un-abbreviated,
  • un abbreviated.
  •unbounded (adjective)
  • un-bounded,
  • un bounded.
  •uncensored (adjective)
  • un-censored,
  • un censored.
  •unconditional (adjective)
  • de terminate,
  • un constrained,
  • un conditional,
  • all out,
  • un-questionable,
  • un-conditional,
  • de-terminate.
  •unconditioned (adjective)
  • un-conditioned,
  • un conditioned.
  •uncut (adjective)
  • un-cut,
  • un cut.
  •undivided (adjective)
  • more undistracted,
  • most continued,
  • in tense,
  • un divided,
  • un-distracted,
  • more continued,
  • un-flagging,
  • in-tensest,
  • un-swerving,
  • most undistracted,
  • in-tense,
  • in-tenser,
  • un swerving,
  • in tenser,
  • un-divided,
  • un distracted.
  •unexpurgated (adjective)
  • un-expurgated,
  • un expurgated.
  •unmitigated (adjective)
  • un abated,
  • un alleviated,
  • more unabated,
  • un mixed,
  • un-alleviated,
  • most unmixed,
  • un-mitigated,
  • most unalleviated,
  • un-mixed,
  • un diluted,
  • more unmixed,
  • most unabated,
  • un-abated,
  • more unalleviated,
  • un-diluted,
  • un mitigated.
  •unqualified (adjective)
  • more never failing,
  • more neverfailing,
  • most never-failing,
  • un-alloyed,
  • more unalloyed,
  • un alloyed,
  • un faltering,
  • never failing,
  • more never-failing,
  • most neverfailing,
  • un qualified,
  • neverfailing,
  • un-faltering,
  • most never failing,
  • un-restrained,
  • un-qualified,
  • most unalloyed.
  •unrelieved (adjective)
  • un-relieved,
  • un relieved.
  •utmost (adjective)
  • most tootoo,
  • topmost,
  • pre eminent,
  • maximal,
  • most too too,
  • further-most,
  • utter most,
  • outer-most,
  • top-most,
  • more tootoo,
  • top-pest,
  • more too too,
  • para-mount,
  • para mount,
  • utter-most,
  • too too,
  • further most,
  • more too-too,
  • most too-too,
  • farthest,
  • tootoo,
  • out side.
  •utter (adjective)
  • all fired,
  • all-firedest,
  • all firedest,
  • most flat-out,
  • more flatout,
  • flatout,
  • most flatout,
  • allfired,
  • allfiredest,
  • more flat-out,
  • more flat out,
  • most flat out.
  •whole (adjective)
  • un harmed,
  • in violate,
  • more inviolate,
  • pre served,
  • in-violate,
  • most ship shape,
  • un scathed,
  • more preserved,
  • more ship shape,
  • un-harmed,
  • without a scratch,
  • most ship-shape,
  • un-mutilated,
  • more unmutilated,
  • pre-served,
  • more ship-shape,
  • ship shape,
  • without scratch,
  • most inviolate,
  • in piece,
  • un-scathed,
  • un mutilated,
  • most preserved,
  • most unmutilated.
  •wide-ranging (adjective)
  • sweeping.

• n.

  •
  • resounding.
  •
  • full dress,
  • painstaking,
  • big.
  •
  • depth.
  •complete (noun)
  • thoroughgoing.

• v.

  •complete (verb)
  • over-all.
  •completed (verb)
  • perfected.

• Other synonyms:

  •Germanic
  • german.
  •
  • hopelessly,
  • woefully,
  • organized,
  • tactful,
  • crushing,
  • risk-averse,
  • supremely,
  • abject,
  • grinding,
  • Thoroughpaced,
  • punctilious,
  • all-around,
  • methodical,
  • stinging,
  • fiercely,
  • systematic,
  • white-glove,
  • proper,
  • right,
  • arrant,
  • all-round,
  • flaming,
  • discreet,
  • woeful,
  • studious,
  • round,
  • self-contained,
  • awful,
  • crashing,
  • assiduous.
  •
  • half,
  • excruciating,
  • downright,
  • come to,
  • unspeakable,
  • all-out,
  • rigorous,
  • sadly,
  • judicial,
  • cataclysmic,
  • wretched,
  • sorry,
  • deliberation,
  • monumental,
  • wicked,
  • painfully,
  • selective,
  • out-and-out,
  • clear,
  • analytical.
  •
  • fearful,
  • flat out,
  • unlimited,
  • consummate,
  • delicacy,
  • neat,
  • circumstantial,
  • royal.
  •
  • unequivocal,
  • dirty,
  • blooming.
  •
  • damned,
  • already.
  •
  • unreserved,
  • positive.
  •
  • perfect.
  •
  • flat.
  •
  • plain.
  •
  • close.
  •comprehensive
  • extensive.
  •scrupulous
  • religious.

Paraphrases for Thorough:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    INDEPTH, root-and-branch, in-depth, exhaustive.
  • Proper noun, singular
    in-depth, exhaustive.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    in-depth.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    thorough-going.
  • Proper noun, singular
    thoroughly.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    profound, conscientious, scrupulous, precise, far-reaching, diligent, strict, radical, wide-ranging, fundamental, thought-out, insightful, tough, methodical, substantive, elaborate, sophisticated, intense, strong, lengthy, full-scale, outright, deep-going, sweeping, proper, systematic, all-out, further, intimate, utter, adequate, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, vigorous, exact, all-around, great, attentive, rigourous, definitive, rough, consistent, deep-rooted, disciplined, severe, tight, excellent, comprehensible, perfect, all-embracing, fulsome, deepened, full-fledged, close, rigour, thought-through, well-written, drastic, informative, ambitious, deep-seated, considerable, prudent, grave, well-informed, sufficient, hard-hitting, fine-grained, long-form, inaccurate, meaningful, specific, better, good, well-founded.
  • Proper noun, singular
    supplements.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    detailing, Elaborating.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    thoroughgoing, meticulous, painstaking, thoughtful, deepest, substantial, serious, robust, solid.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    thoroughness.

Antonyms for Thorough:

• adj.

  • all-encompassing
    undetailed, unfinished, needy, careless, Sciolistic, cursory, thoughtless, incomprehensive, incomplete, superficial, partial.
  • Other antonyms:
    inadequate, qualified, narrow, tentative, specialized, summary, sketchy, abbreviated, individual, cut, conservative, compendious, abridged, nondescript, compact, desultory, exact, uncomplete, circumscribed, doubtful, specific, pithy, overall, singular, crisp, random, moderate, patchy, equivocal, short, aimless, indeterminate, limited, succinct, haphazard, hit-or-miss, shortened, ambiguous, nebulous, terse, questionable, shallow, trial, unspecified, uncertain, general, palliative, restricted, pruned, vague, trimmed, dubious, precise, concise, brief, slipshod, slight.