all-around
American Heritage Dictionary:
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all-a·round
(ôl'ə-round') also all-round (ôl'round')
adj.
adj.
- Comprehensive in extent or depth: a good all-around education.
- Able to do many things well; versatile: an all-around athlete. See synonyms at versatile.
Fowler's Modern English Usage:
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all-around
is an optional American English variant to all-round (The best all-around American school / A good all-around player).
| all told, all together, altogether, all that | |
| allay, alleged, allegedly, allegory, fable, parable |
Roget's Thesaurus:
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all-around
adjective
- Covering a wide scope: all-inclusive, all-round, broad, broad-spectrum, comprehensive, expansive, extended, extensive, far-ranging, far-reaching, general, global, inclusive, large, overall, sweeping, wide-ranging, wide-reaching, widespread. See specific/general.
- Having many aspects, uses, or abilities: all-round, many-sided, multifaceted, protean, various, versatile. See ability/inability, same/different/compare.
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Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary:
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all-around
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