general

The word “general” has 3 syllables: gen-er-al

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒɛn.ər.əl/

What is synonym and antonym for general?

In the thesaurus, “general” has 186 synonyms and 75 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for general along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for general

absolute
accustomed
across-the-board
administrator
aggregate
all-around
all-embracing
all-inclusive
all-purpose
all-round
ample
baron
big cheese
big gun
bigwig
blanket
boss
boss man
boundless
broad
broad-brush
broad-gauge
broad-gauged
broadscale
captain
catholic
characteristic
chief
cohead
coleader
collective
commander
common
commonplace
communal
complete
comprehending
comprehensive
contemporary
conventional
current
customary
czar
czarina
diffuse
director
dominant
ecumenical
employer
encyclopedic
endless
everyday
executive
expansive
extensive
familiar
far-reaching
figurehead
foreman
forewoman
full
gaffer
ganger
general-purpose
generic
global
governor
habitual
head
headman
helmsman
hierarch
higher-up
honcho
household
humdrum
ill-defined
imprecise
inaccurate
inclusionary
inclusive
indefinite
indeterminate
indiscriminate
infinite
jefe
king
kingpin
leader
leadman
limitless
loose
magnate
majority
manager
master
matter-of-course
miscellaneous
mistress
mixed-use
mogul
multipurpose
natural
nebulous
nondescript
nonspecific
normal
not partial
not particular
not specific
ordinary
overall
overarching
overlord
overseer
pandemic
panoramic
pervasive
planetary
plenary
pop
popular
potentate
predominant
preponderant
present
president
prevailing
prevalent
prince
princess
principal
public
queen
received
regular
rife
routine
ruler
ruling
run-of-the-mill
shared
skipper
sovereign
sovran
standard-bearer
steward
straw boss
superintendent
superior
supervisor
sweeping
taken as a whole
taskmaster
taskmistress
top dog
top gun
total
tsar
tsarina
typical
tzar
tzarina
ubiquitous
unanimous
uncertain
unconfined
undetailed
uneventful
universal
unlimited
unqualified
unrestricted
unspecialized
unspecific
unspecified
usual
vague
vast
vulgar
well-known
wholesale
wide
widespread
wonted
worldwide

Antonyms for general

abnormal
bounded
circumscribed
close-up
component
comprehensive
confined
constituent
cross-sectional
dedicated
definite
delineated
demarcated
detailed
determinate
different
distinct
distinctive
divisional
eccentric
elaborate
enumerated
especial
exact
exceptional
exclusive
explicit
extraordinary
finite
fragmentary
full
idiosyncratic
incomplete
individual
infrequent
inventoried
irregular
itemized
limited
listed
local
localized
molecular
narrow
nonpublic
novel
partial
particular
particularized
peculiar
personal
precise
private
qualified
rare
regional
restricted
sectional
selective
separate
sharp
singular
special
specialized
specific
specified
strange
technical
thorough
unaccepted
uncommon
unique
unknown
unpopular
unusual

Meanings of general

noun
1. A general fact or proposition; a generality.
2. The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces.
3. A great strategist or tactician.
4. The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits.
5. A commander of naval forces; an admiral.
6. A general servant; a maid with no specific duties.
7. A general anesthetic.
8. General anesthesia.
9. The general insurance industry.
verb
1. To lead (soldiers) as a general.
adjective
1. Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific or particular.
2. (sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent.
3. Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
4. Not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category.
5. Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
6. Not limited to a specific class; miscellaneous, concerned with all branches of a given subject or area.
adverb
1. In a general or collective manner or sense; in most cases; upon the whole.

Example Sentences

The general idea of the project was well received by the team.
In general, the weather in April tends to be unpredictable.
The general led his troops with confidence and strategy.
She has a general knowledge of economics but specializes in finance.
The meeting covered general updates before moving to specific topics.

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