thorough

(thûr'ō, thŭr'ō)
adj.

1. Exhaustively complete: a thorough search.
2. Painstakingly accurate or careful: thorough research.
3. Absolute; utter: a thorough pleasure.

prep. & adv. Archaic
Variant of through.

[Middle English thorow, through, thorough, from Old English thuruh, from end to end, through.]

thoroughly thor'ough·ly adv.
thoroughness thor'ough·ness n.

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adjective

1. Covering all aspects with painstaking accuracy: all-out, complete, exhaustive, full-dress, intensive, thoroughgoing, thoroughpaced. See big/small/amount, careful/careless.
2. Characterized by attention to detail: blow-by-blow, circumstantial, detailed, full, minute², particular. See specific/general.
3. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer², thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter². Informal flat-out, positive. Chiefly British blooming. See big/small/amount, limited/unlimited.

adj

Definition: absolute
Antonyms: deficient, imperfect, inadequate

adj

Definition: exhaustive
Antonyms: incomplete, partial, superficial

IN BRIEF: Complete in every way; with nothing left out.. Also: Very careful and exact.

Some people are making such thorough plans for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine. — William Feather (1889-1981)

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For a list of words related to thorough, see:

• Prepositions
• Demanding, Critical, Calculating, or Selfish

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fuldstændig, grundig, indgående, gennemgribende
prep. - gennem
adv. - gennem

Nederlands (Dutch)
grondig, doortastend, flink

Français (French)
adj. - approfondi, minutieux, à fond, totalement
prep. - à fond
adv. - complètement, totalement, profondément

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gründlich, echt, völlig
prep. - durch
adv. - völlig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πλήρης, εντελής, τέλειος, λεπτομερής, εξονυχιστικός, διεξοδικός, προσεχτικός, επιμελέστατος

Italiano (Italian)
profondo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - completo (m), meticuloso (m), profundo (m)

Русский (Russian)
тщательный, доскональный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - concienzudo, minucioso, profundo
adv. - concienzudo, minucioso, profundo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - grundlig, ingående

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
十分的, 彻底的, 彻底, 彻底地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 十分的, 徹底的
prep. - 徹底
adv. - 徹底地

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 철저한, 절대적인, 순전한
prep. - ~을 통하여, ~을 지나서, (장소)를 두루
adv. - 통과하여, 처음부터 끝까지, 직행으로

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 完全な, 徹底的な, 全くの, 几帳面な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كامل, شامل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוחלט, גמור, מובהק, יסודי, קפדני‬
prep. - ‮לגמרי (מיושן)‬
adv. - ‮לגמרי (מיושן)‬

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