exhaustive

English

Etymology

exhaust +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɛɡˈzɔː.stɪv/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɛɡˈzɑ.stɪv/

Adjective

exhaustive (comparative more exhaustive, superlative most exhaustive)

Including every possible element.
We made an exhaustive list.
Fully comprehensive.
Causing exhaustion; very tiring.
- 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

(including every possible element): all-encompassing, thorough; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive
(causing exhaustion): tiring, weariful; see also Thesaurus:fatiguing

Derived terms

Translations

including every possible element

Armenian: սպառիչ (hy) (spaṙičʿ)
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
Italian: esaustivo (it), esauriente (it)
Portuguese: exaustivo (pt)
Russian: исче́рпывающий (ru) (isčérpyvajuščij)
Serbo-Croatian: iscrpan (sh) m
Spanish: exhaustivo (es)
Swedish: uttömmande (sv)
Turkish: kapsamlı (tr), şümullü (tr) (archaic)

French

Adjective

exhaustive

feminine singular of exhaustif

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