Antonyms for comprehensive
ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sɪvcom·pre·hen·sive

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1. comprehensiveadjective

   Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

   Synonyms:
   exhaustive, all-encompassing, thorough

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1. comprehensive

   Antonyms:
   narrow, restricted, shallow, exclusive, adversative, exceptive

   Synonyms:
   wide, ample, general, extensive, large, broad, all, embracing, generic, significant, capacious, inclusive, compendious, pregnant

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1. comprehensive examination, comprehensive, compadjective

   an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge

   "she took her comps in English literature"

   Antonyms:
   incomprehensive, noncomprehensive, limited, exclusive

   Synonyms:
   comprehensive examination, comp

2. comprehensiveadjective

   including all or everything

   "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"

   Antonyms:
   limited, noncomprehensive, incomprehensive, exclusive

3. comprehensiveadjective

   broad in scope

   "a comprehensive survey of world affairs"

   Antonyms:
   exclusive, incomprehensive, limited, noncomprehensive

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. realistic

   realistic not broad not ideal rational

   the president wants a realistic immigration reform bill not a comprehensive plan that will not work

   Submitted by anonymous on August 30, 2020  

How to use comprehensive in a sentence?

1. Thomas Frieden:

   If we want to deal with this, we'll need a comprehensive strategy. That strategy means we protect health care, we strengthen public health, we design parts of society, so we can reopen and resume and recover as quickly as possible without a rebound in cases, we need a comprehensive strategy.

2. Lauren Vazquez:

   For years now local authorities have refused to allow medical marijuana businesses to operate, they often cite the lack of state guidelines as a primary reason. Now that we have comprehensive and uniform regulations, cities should rethink their bans.

3. Steven Mnuchin:

   I don't agree with the speaker's approach of we have to do all or nothing, we're continuing to negotiate a comprehensive bill, but we want to put money into the economy now.

4. Liu Jieyi:

   Our growing comprehensive strength and significant institutional advantages continue to be transformed into efficiency in work related to Taiwan issues and push forward the process of national reunification.

5. Julie Quist:

   The Institute for Research and Evaluation conducted a comprehensive study on the effectiveness of programs such as this, out of 60 school-based studies, no credible evidence of effectiveness was found for sustained reductions in teen pregnancy or STDs. There was no evidence of effectiveness for increasing consistent condom use. Failure rates included 88% failure to delay teen sexual initiation and 94% failure to reduce unprotected sex. 12% of these programs found significant negative effects on adolescent sexual health and/or risk behavior.

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