thorough
Done carefully and completely, with nothing missed out.
thorough in a sentence
- Her thorough search of the attic turned up the missing photo album at last.
- The dentist gave my teeth a thorough clean, checking carefully and missing nothing.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to thorough?
- Acareless
- Bhasty
- Csloppy
- Dcareful
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D: careful. The other three mean the opposite of thorough.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to thorough?
- Acomplete
- Bdetailed
- Ccareless
- Dcareful
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C: careless. The other three mean nearly the same as thorough.
Words that mean something similar
careful, complete, detailed
Words that mean the opposite
careless, sloppy, hasty
More words about thinking & learning
- unanimous: Agreed by every single person, with nobody voting against.
- uncanny: Strange in a way that is hard to explain and slightly spooky.
- unfathomable: Too strange, deep or difficult to understand.
- vague: Not clear or exact.
- valid: Based on good reasoning, or officially acceptable and able to be used.
- verdict: The decision reached at the end of a trial or contest.
- verify: To check that something is really true.
- abstract: About ideas rather than things you can touch.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test