" thoroughgoing "

1: having no exceptions or restrictions;

  * e.g., " ... civil rights advocates are hoping for a thoroughgoing rejection of the proposed bill "

•  Synonyms : 

•  absolute,

•  all-out,

•  arrant,

•  blank,

•  blooming,

•  bodacious,

•  categorical,

•  clean,

•  complete,

•  consummate,

•  crashing,

•  damn,

•  damned,

•  dead,

•  deadly,

•  definite,

•  downright,

•  dreadful,

•  fair,

•  flat,

•  flat-out,

•  out-and-out,

•  outright,

•  perfect,

•  plumb,

•  profound,

•  pure,

•  rank,

•  regular,

•  sheer,

•  simple,

•  stark,

•  stone,

•  straight-out,

•  thorough,

•  total,

•  unadulterated,

•  unalloyed,

•  unconditional,

•  unmitigated,

•  unqualified,

•  utter,

•  very

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: trying all possibilities;

  * e.g., " ... a thoroughgoing attempt to solve the puzzle and still no luck "

•  Synonyms : 

•  all-out,

•  clean,

•  complete,

•  comprehensive,

•  exhaustive,

•  full-scale,

•  out-and-out,

•  thorough,

•  total

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)