English Synonym Finder

sweeping

Definitions

Extending over a wide area or including a large number of people or things.

Moving or extending in a long, continuous curve.

Having a broad or far-reaching effect.

Examples

The government announced sweeping changes to the national education system.

She made a sweeping gesture across the room to show how much space they had.

The candidate's sweeping victory in the election surprised many political analysts.

Synonyms

extensive comprehensive broad far-reaching wholesale all-encompassing thorough

Antonyms

limited restricted narrow specific minor partial contained