general

general is a 7-letter English word with 22 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 22 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.
2. adjective. Comprehending many species or individuals; not special or particular; including all particulars; as, a general inference or conclusion.
3. adjective. Not restrained or limited to a precise import; not specific; vague; indefinite; lax in signification; as, a loose and general expression.
4. adjective. Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom.
5. adjective. Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire.
6. adjective. As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
7. adjective. Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method.
8. adjective. The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular.
9. adjective. One of the chief military officers of a government or country; the commander of an army, of a body of men not less than a brigade. In European armies, the highest military rank next below field marshal.
10. adjective. The roll of the drum which calls the troops together; as, to beat the general.
11. adjective. The chief of an order of monks, or of all the houses or congregations under the same rule.
12. adjective. The public; the people; the vulgar.
13. noun. a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)

    "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"

14. noun. a general officer of the highest rank
15. noun. the head of a religious order or congregation
16. verb. command as a general

    "We are generaled by an incompetent!"

17. adjective. prevailing among and common to the general public

    "the general discontent"

18. adjective. of worldwide scope or applicability- Christopher Morley

    "an issue of cosmopolitan import"

    "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"

    Synonyms: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, universal, worldwide

19. adjective. not specialized or limited to one class of things

    "general studies"

    "general knowledge"

20. adjective. applying to all or most members of a category or group

    "the general public"

    "general assistance"

21. adjective. affecting the entire body

    "a general anesthetic"

    "general symptoms"

22. adjective. somewhat indefinite

    "bearing a general resemblance to the original"

    "a general description of the merchandise"

Synonyms

cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, universal, worldwide

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in general:

enlarge, gleaner

Common word forms

generals, generally, generalise, generality, generalize, generalness

Words from these letters

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