general

  • (a) applying to all or most members of a category or group
    • the general public
    • general assistance
    • a general rule
    • in general terms
    • comprehensible to the general reader
  • (s) not specialized or limited to one class of things
    • general studies
    • general knowledge
  • (s) prevailing among and common to the general public
    • the general discontent
  • (a) affecting the entire body
    • a general anesthetic
    • general symptoms
  • (s) somewhat indefinite
    • bearing a general resemblance to the original
    • a general description of the merchandise
  • (s) of worldwide scope or applicability
    • an issue of cosmopolitan import
    • "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
    • universal experience
    universal, ecumenical, oecumenical, cosmopolitan, worldwide, world-wide,

Nouns

  • (n) a general officer of the highest rank full general,
  • (n) the head of a religious order or congregation superior general,
  • (n) a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
    • he discussed the general but neglected the particular

Verbs

  • (v) command as a general
    • We are generaled by an incompetent!

Synonyms

full general superior general universal ecumenical oecumenical cosmopolitan worldwide world-wide

Antonyms

specific particular local

See also

comprehensive imprecise indiscriminate unspecialised unspecialized

Words of close approximity

generic
general agent General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade general anaesthesia general anaesthetic general anatomy general anesthesia general anesthetic general assembly General Baptist General Certificate of Secondary Education General Charles de Gaulle General Custer generalcy general damages General de Gaulle general delivery general election General Franco general headquarters generalisation generalise generalised generalissimo generalist generality generalization generalize generalized generalized anxiety disorder generalized epilepsy generalized seizure general knowledge general ledger general lien generally generally accepted accounting principles general manager general medicine general officer general practitioner general-purpose general-purpose bomb general relativity general relativity theory General Security Services General Services Administration generalship general staff general store general theory of relativity general verdict