exhaustive

English

Etymology

From exhaust +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡˈzɔː.stɪv/
• IPA^(key): /ɛɡˈzɑ.stɪv/

Adjective

exhaustive (comparative more exhaustive, superlative most exhaustive)

1. including every possible element

   We made an exhaustive list.

   Synonyms: all-encompassing, thorough

2. fully comprehensive
3. (now rare) causing exhaustion; very tiring
   • 1878, John Henry Blunt, The Reformation of the Church of England: A. D. 1514-1547 (page 98)

     Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court.

   • 2013, Gloria Linkey, Native American Women: Three Who Changed History:

     Chopping and hauling wood was exhaustive work. Scraping the flesh off the heavy hides and hanging them to dry also taxed her physical strength.

   Synonyms: tiring, weariful

Synonyms

• (including every possible element): see also Thesaurus:comprehensive
• (causing exhaustion): see also Thesaurus:fatiguing

Derived terms

• collectively exhaustive
• exhaustively
• exhaustiveness

 

Translations

including every possible element

• Armenian: սպառիչ (hy) (spaṙičʻ)
• Bulgarian: изчерпателен (bg) (izčerpatelen)
• Catalan: exhaustiu
• Dutch: volledig (nl)
• Esperanto: ĝisfunda (eo)
• French: exhaustif (fr)
• Galician: exhaustivo
• German: vollständig (de), erschöpfend (de), abschließend (de)
• Greek: εξαντλητικός (el) (exantlitikós)
• Hungarian: kimerítő (hu), teljes körű
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: esaustivo (it), esauriente (it)
• Occitan: exaustiu
• Portuguese: exaustivo (pt)
• Russian: исче́рпывающий (ru) (isčérpyvajuščij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: и̏сцрпан

  Roman: ȉscrpan (sh) m

• Spanish: exhaustivo (es)
• Swedish: uttömmande (sv)
• Turkish: kapsamlı (tr), şümullü (tr) (archaic)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zos.tiv/
• Homophone: exhaustives

Adjective

exhaustive

1. feminine singular of exhaustif