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exhaustive

/ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv/ UK
/ɪɡˈzɔstɪv/ US
/ɪɡˈzɑstɪv/ Canada, US, cot caught merger
/ɪɡˈzoːstɪv/ Australia
/ɘɡˈzoːstɘv/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustīvus. By surface analysis, exhaust + -ive.

adjective more exhaustive · most exhaustive

Including every possible element: fully comprehensive. We made an exhaustive list.
Similar: all-encompassing
archaic Causing exhaustion; very tiring. Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court.
Similar: tiring, weariful, draining, exhausting, exhaustive, fatiguing, grueling, tiresome, wearing, wearisome, weary

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: thoroughgoing, thorough, complete, in-depth, completeness, all-out, entire, detailed, lengthy, comprehensive, all-encompassing, overall, all-round, all-embracing, wide-ranging, far-reaching

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adj including every possible element

Español	exhaustivo
हिन्दी	संपूर्ण sampūrṇ, विस्तृत vistŕt, व्यापक vyāpak
Português	exaustivo
Français	exhaustif
Deutsch	vollständig, erschöpfend, abschließend
Italiano	esaustivo, esauriente
Ελληνικά	εξαντλητικός exantlitikós
Русский	исче́рпывающий isčérpyvajuščij
العربية	حاصر

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@misc{exhaustive_2026,
  title = {exhaustive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exhaustive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}