general
adjective
[ ˈdʒɛn(ə)r(ə)l ]
• affecting or concerning all or most people or things; widespread.
• "books of general interest"
Similar:
widespread,
common,
extensive,
universal,
wide,
popular,
public,
mainstream,
prevalent,
prevailing,
rife,
established,
well established,
conventional,
traditional,
traditionalist,
orthodox,
accepted,
in circulation,
in force,
in vogue,
comprehensive,
overall,
across the board,
blanket,
umbrella,
mass,
total,
complete,
wholesale,
sweeping,
panoramic,
broad,
broad-ranging,
extended,
inclusive,
all-inclusive,
all-round,
generic,
outright,
encyclopedic,
indiscriminate,
catholic,
global,
worldwide,
international,
nationwide,
countrywide,
coast-to-coast,
company-wide,
• considering or including only the main features or elements of something; not exact or detailed.
• "the arrangements were outlined in very general terms"
Similar:
broad,
imprecise,
inexact,
rough,
sweeping,
overall,
loose,
basic,
approximate,
non-specific,
unspecific,
vague,
hazy,
fuzzy,
woolly,
ill-defined,
indefinite,
unfocused,
ballpark,
undetailed,
• chief or principal.
• "the Director General of the BBC"
general
noun
• a commander of an army, or an army officer of very high rank.
• the general public.
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from Latin generalis, from genus, gener- ‘class, race, kind’. The noun primarily denotes a person having overall authority: the sense ‘army commander’ is an abbreviation of captain general, from French capitaine général ‘commander-in-chief’.
in general
• usually; mainly.
• "in general, Alexander was a peaceful, loving man"
Similar:
generally,
normally,
as a (general) rule,
in the general run of things,
by and large,
more often than not,
almost always,
in the main,
mainly,
mostly,
for the most part,
in most cases,
most of the time,
predominantly,
on the whole,
usually,
habitually,
customarily,
standardly,
routinely,
regularly,
typically,
ordinarily,
commonly,
conventionally,
traditionally,
historically,
• as a whole.
• "our understanding of culture in general and of literature in particular"
Similar:
as a whole,
as a body,
generally,
at large,
in the main,
