Thesaurus:total

Thesaurus:total

THESAURUS

total

English

Sense: not qualified or diminished in any way; having no exception

Detail: Can be used as a generic intensifier.

Synonyms

• absolute

• categoric

• categorical

• complete

• consummate

• downright

• mere (obsolete)

• outright

• out-and-out

• perfect

• proper

• pure    [WS]

• regular

• sheer    [WS]

• thorough

• total

• unadulterated

• unalloyed

• unconditional

• unfettered

• unmitigated

• unqualified

• unreserved

• unrestricted

• utter    [WS]

• wholesale

Antonyms

• conditional    [WS]

• limited

• mitigated

• partial

• relative    [WS]

• reserved

See also

• Thesaurus:damned (another adjectival intensifier)
• Thesaurus:the dickens (prepositional intensifier)
• Category:English intensifiers

Further reading

• “52. completeness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “total” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.