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
Main entry: panoptic, panoptical
Definition: including everything visible in one view
Usage: a panoptic aerial photograph of the missile base; a panoptic stain used in microscopy