thorough

About 10.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.

   The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father-of-two in police custody.

2. adjective Utter; complete; absolute.
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4. noun A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.

Similar words

exhaustive careful thoroughgoing complete painstaking scrupulous conscientious meticulous detailed fastidious

Often followed by

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Word family

thorougher thoroughest thoroughness thoroughnesses