THOROUGH

thorough

(adjective) painstakingly careful and accurate; “our accountant is thorough”; “thorough research”

exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing

(adjective) performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial; “an exhaustive study”; “made a thorough search”; “thoroughgoing research”

complete, arrant(a), consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated

(adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; “an arrant fool”; “a complete coward”; “a consummate fool”; “a double-dyed villain”; “gross negligence”; “a perfect idiot”; “pure folly”; “what a sodding mess”; “stark staring mad”; “a thorough nuisance”; “a thoroughgoing villain”; “utter nonsense”; “the unadulterated truth”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

thorough (comparative more thorough, superlative most thorough)

Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.

Utter; complete; absolute.

Synonyms

• (detailed): comprehensive, rigorous, scrupulous; see also meticulous or comprehensive

• (utter; complete; absolute): downright, outright, unmitigated; see also total

Preposition

thorough

(obsolete) Through. [9th-19th c.]

Noun

thorough (plural thoroughs)

(UK, dialect) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

Proper noun

Thorough

(Christianity, historical) A scheme devised in 17th-century England by Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford to establish absolute monarchy in England.

Source: Wiktionary

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Thor"ough, prep. Etym: [See Through.]

Definition: Through. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.

Thor"ough, a.

1. Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house. [Obs.]

2. Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.

Thor"ough, adv.

1. Thoroughly. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chaucer.

2. Through. [Obs.] Shak.

Thor"ough, n.

Definition: A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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