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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective encyclopedic has 1 sense
- encyclopedic(s = adj.all) encyclopaedic - broad in scope or content; "encyclopedic knowledge"
CIDE DICTIONARY
encyclopedic, a. [Cf. F. encyclopédique.].
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; broad in scope or content; embracing a wide range of subjects; as, a person having encyclopedic knowledge of a subject. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
encyclopedic
abstruse, across-the-board, all-comprehensive, all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, civilized, compendious, complete, comprehensive, cultivated, cultured, deep, discursive, educated, erudite, exhaustive, extensive, general, global, inclusive, learned, lettered, literate, omnibus, over-all, panoramic, pansophic, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, profound, scholarly, scholastic, studious, sweeping, synoptic, thorough, total, universal, whole, wide-ranging, wise, without exception, without omission
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