Synonyms of the word

general

• adj. Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific…
• adj. (sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate…
• adj. Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
• adj. Not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category.
• adj. Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
• adj. Not limited to a specific class; miscellaneous, concerned with all branches of a given subject or area.
• n. (now rare) A general fact or proposition; a generality.
• n. (military) A senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific…
• n. A great strategist or tactician.
• n. (Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.
• n. (nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral.
• n. (colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid with no specific duties.
• n. A general anaesthetic; general anaesthesia.
• v. To lead (soldiers) as a general.

all-purpose

• adj. for all purposes; general-purpose.

broad

• adj. Wide in extent or scope.
• adj. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
• adj. Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained.
• adj. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
• adj. Plain; evident.
• adj. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
• adj. (dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
• adj. (of an accent) Strongly regional.
• adj. (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
• n. (dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
• n. (US) A woman or girl.
• n. (Britain) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
• n. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
• n. (Britain, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in…

chief

• n. A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc.
• n. (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon.
• n. An informal address to an equal.
• adj. Primary; principal.
• v. (US, slang) To smoke cannabis.

command

• n. An order to do something.
• n. The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience.
• n. power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.
• n. A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control.
• n. The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence.
• n. (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer;…
• n. Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook.
• n. (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform…
• n. (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
• v. (transitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.
• v. (transitive) To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have…
• v. (transitive) To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin.
• v. (transitive) to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook.
• v. (transitive) To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim.
• v. (transitive) To hold, to control the use of.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position.
• v. (obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow.

common

• adj. Mutual; shared by more than one.
• adj. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
• adj. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.
• adj. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
• adj. (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence…
• adj. (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
• adj. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
• adj. (obsolete) Profane; polluted.
• adj. (obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
• n. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
• n. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
• n. The people; the community.
• n. (law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other…
• v. (obsolete) To communicate (something).
• v. (obsolete) To converse, talk.
• v. (obsolete) To have sex.
• v. (obsolete) To participate.
• v. (obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
• v. (obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.

comprehensive

• adj. Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
• n. (Britain) A comprehensive school.

cosmopolitan

• adj. all-inclusive; affecting the whole world.
• adj. (of a place or institution) composed of people from all over the world.
• adj. (of a person) at ease in any part of the world.
• adj. (biology, ecology) growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed.
• n. A cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.
• n. A cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice.

ecumenical

• adj. (ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational;…
• adj. General, universal, worldwide.

fact

• n. (archaic) Action; the realm of action.
• n. (law, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed.
• n. (obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.
• n. An honest observation.
• n. Something actual as opposed to invented.
• n. Something which is real.
• n. Something which has become real.
• n. Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
• n. An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
• n. Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
• interj. Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.

general-purpose

• adj. for general purposes; all-purpose.

generalised

• adj. Alternative spelling of generalized.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of generalise.

generalized

• adj. Made more general, less specialized.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of generalize.

generic

• adj. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific.
• adj. Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
• adj. (of a product or drug) Not having a brand name.
• adj. (biology, not comparable) Of or relating to a taxonomic genus.
• adj. (grammar) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene.
• adj. (computing) (Of program code) Written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed…
• adj. (geometry, of a point) Having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
• n. A product sold under a generic name.
• n. A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties.
• n. (grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.

gross

• adj. (slang) Disgusting, nasty.
• adj. Coarse, rude, vulgar, obscene, or impure.
• adj. Coarse, unrefined.
• adj. Great, large, bulky, or fat.
• adj. Great, serious, flagrant, or shameful.
• adj. The whole amount; entire; total before any deductions.
• adj. Not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
• adj. (pathology) seen without a microscope, macroscopic, usually for a tissue or an organ.
• n. Twelve dozen = 144.
• n. The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That…
• n. The bulk, the mass, the masses.
• v. To earn money, not including expenses.

head

• n. (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense…
• n. (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
• n. (social, countable) A leader or expert.
• n. A significant or important part.
• n. Headway; progress.
• n. Topic; subject.
• n. (uncountable) Denouement; crisis.
• n. (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
• n. (slang) The glans penis.
• n. (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
• n. (obsolete) Power; armed force.
• adj. Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
• adj. Foremost in rank or importance.
• adj. Placed at the top or the front.
• adj. Coming from in front.
• v. (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.).
• v. (transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball.
• v. (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
• v. (fishing) To remove the head from a fish.
• v. (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
• v. (intransitive) To form a head.
• v. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
• v. To cut off the top of; to lop off.
• v. (obsolete) To behead; to decapitate.
• v. To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain.
• v. To set on the head.

imprecise

• adj. Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.

indiscriminate

• adj. Without care or making distinctions, thoughtless.

miscellaneous

• adj. Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts.
• adj. Having diverse characteristics, abilities or appearances.

national

• adj. Of or having to do with a nation.
• adj. (by extension) Of or having to do with a country (sovereign state).
• n. A subject of a nation.
• n. (usually in the plural) A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.

oecumenical

• adj. Alternative spelling of ecumenical.

overall

• adj. All-encompassing, all around.
• adv. Generally; with everything considered.
• n. (Britain) A garment worn over other clothing to protect it; a coverall or boiler suit. A garment, for…
• n. (in the plural, US) A garment, worn for manual labor, with an integral covering extending to the chest,…

pandemic

• adj. Widespread; general.
• adj. (medicine) Epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population.
• n. A pandemic disease; a disease that hits a wide geographical area and affects a large proportion of the…

systemic

• adj. Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society.
• adj. (physiology) Pertaining to an entire organism.

undiversified

• adj. Not diversified.

universal

• adj. Of or pertaining to the universe.
• adj. Common to all members of a group or class.
• adj. Common to all society; world-wide.
• adj. Cosmic; unlimited; vast; infinite.
• adj. Useful for many purposes general-purpose, all-purpose, e.g., universal wrench.
• n. (philosophy) A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.

unspecialised

• adj. Alternative spelling of unspecialized.

unspecialized

• adj. Having no speciality, or particular purpose.
• adj. (biology, of a cell or tissue) Having no special function.

unspecific

• adj. Not specific.

widespread

• adj. Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

world-wide

• adj. Alternative spelling of worldwide.
• adv. Alternative spelling of worldwide.

worldwide

• adj. Spanning the world.
• adv. Throughout the world.