Thesaurus:total
English
Adjective
Sense: not qualified or diminished in any way; having no exception
Detail: Can be used as a generic intensifier.
Synonyms
- abject
- absolute
- arrant (dated)
- categoric
- categorical
- complete
- consummate
- downright
- full
- full-blown
- full-bore
- full-on
- mere (obsolete)
- outright
- out-and-out
- perfect
- proper
- pure [⇒ thesaurus]
- regular
- right
- root and branch
- sheer [⇒ thesaurus]
- straight-out
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- total
- unadulterated
- unalloyed
- unattenuated
- uncompromising
- unconditional
- unfettered
- unmitigated
- unqualified
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- utter [⇒ thesaurus]
- wholesale
Antonyms
See also
- Thesaurus:completely
- Thesaurus:entire
- Thesaurus:entirety
- Thesaurus:intact
- Thesaurus:damned (another adjectival intensifier)
- Thesaurus:the dickens (prepositional intensifier)
- Category:English intensifiers
Further reading
- “52. completeness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “total” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.