Main entry: encompassing, circumferent, surrounding
Definition: closely encircling
Usage: encompassing mountain ranges; the surrounding countryside
Main entry: broad, blanket, extensive, encompassing, panoptic, wide, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, across-the-board
Definition: broad in scope or content
Usage: across-the-board pay increases; an all-embracing definition; blanket sanctions against human-rights violators; an invention with broad applications; a panoptic study of Soviet nationality- T.G.Winner; granted him wide powers