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SWEEPING Antonyms

10 antonyms for sweeping. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For SWEEPING

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
confined

adjective

adj

adjective

• not invading healthy tissue

• not free to move about

adjective satellite

• being in captivity

detailed

adverb, adjective

adv, adj

adjective satellite

• developed or executed with care and in minute detail

limited

adjective

adj

adjective

• small in range or scope

noun

• public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops

adjective satellite

• subject to limits or subjected to limits

• including only a part

• mediocre

• not excessive

• having a specific function or scope

• not unlimited

minor

noun, adjective

n, adj

adjective

• of lesser importance or stature or rank

• lesser in scope or effect

• inferior in number or size or amount

• (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees

• not of legal age

• of lesser seriousness or danger

• of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

noun

• a young person of either sex

adjective satellite

• of the younger of two boys with the same family name

• warranting only temporal punishment

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

verb

• have as one's secondary field of study

narrow

adjective

adj

adjective

• not wide

• lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view

• very limited in degree

noun

• a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water

adjective satellite

• limited in extent or scope

• characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination

verb

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• define clearly

• become more focused on an area of activity or field of study

• become tight or as if tight

particular

adjective

adj

noun

• a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

• a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

• (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

adjective satellite

• unique or specific to a person or thing or category

• separate and distinct from others of the same group or category

• surpassing what is common or usual or expected

• first and most important

• exacting especially about details

• providing specific details or circumstances

precise

adverb, adjective

adv, adj

adjective

• sharply exact or accurate or delimited

adjective satellite

• (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct

restricted

adjective

adj

adjective

• subject to restriction or subjected to restriction

adjective satellite

• restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')

• the lowest level of official classification for documents

slight

adjective

adj

adjective

• (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

noun

• a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

adjective satellite

• lacking substance or significance

• being of delicate or slender build

verb

• pay no attention to, disrespect

specific

adjective

adj

adjective

• (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique

• relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species

• being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides

noun

• a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

• a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease

adjective satellite

• stated explicitly or in detail

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Alternatives for NARROW

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