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- Dictionarythoroughgoing/ˈθʌrəˌɡəʊɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. involving or attending to every detail or aspect of something: "a thoroughgoing reform of the whole economy"
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adjective. formal uk / ˌθʌr.əˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ / us / ˌθɝː.əˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ / / ˌθɝː.oʊˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ / Add to word list. complete, detailed, careful: a thoroughgoing reform of the economy. Synonym. exhaustive. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Detailed and careful. blow-by-blow. detailedly. diligence. diligent. in depth phrase. in the weeds idiom. intimately.
: marked by thoroughness or zeal : thorough, complete. thoroughgoing changes. a thoroughgoing traditionalist. thoroughgoingly adverb. Synonyms. absolute. all-out. arrant. blank. blooming [ chiefly British] bodacious [ Southern & Midland] categorical. clean. complete. consummate. crashing. damned. deadly. definite. downright.
adjective. formal us / ˌθɝː.əˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ / / ˌθɝː.oʊˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ / uk / ˌθʌr.əˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ / Add to word list. complete, detailed, careful: a thoroughgoing reform of the economy. Synonym. exhaustive. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Detailed and careful. blow-by-blow. detailedly. diligence. diligent. in depth phrase. in the weeds idiom. intimately.
You use thoroughgoing to emphasize that someone or something is fully or completely the type of person or thing specified. [ emphasis ] ...a thoroughgoing conservative.
Anything thoroughgoing is comprehensive — it pays extremely careful attention to details. Your thoroughgoing research most likely involved endless hours of sifting through multiple sources.
Thoroughgoing definition: doing things thoroughly.. See examples of THOROUGHGOING used in a sentence.
1. Covering all aspects with painstaking accuracy: all-out, complete, exhaustive, full-dress, intensive, thorough, thoroughpaced. 2. Completely such, without qualification or exception:
thoroughgoing. adjective. /ˌθʌrəˈɡəʊɪŋ/ /ˌθɜːrəʊˈɡəʊɪŋ/ [only before noun] very careful and complete; looking at every detail. a thoroughgoing revision of the text. Want to learn more?
thoroughgoing meaning, definition, what is thoroughgoing: very thorough and careful: Learn more.
Jun 2, 2024 · thoroughgoing ( comparative more thoroughgoing, superlative most thoroughgoing) With great attention to detail; complete, thorough . Synonyms: see Thesaurus: total. He did a thoroughgoing job of cleaning up the broken glass.
