across the board

The phrase “across the board” has 4 syllables: a-cross the board

It's pronounced as /əˈkrɔs ðə bɔrd/


What is synonym and antonym for across the board?

In the thesaurus, “across the board” has 66 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for across the board along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for across the board

  • aggregate
  • all
  • all around
  • all in all
  • all over
  • all told
  • all-embracing
  • all-encompassing
  • all-inclusive
  • altogether
  • blanket
  • broad
  • broad in content
  • broad-brush
  • broad-gauge
  • broad-gauged
  • broadly
  • broadscale
  • collectedly
  • collective
  • collectively
  • common
  • complete
  • completely
  • comprehensive
  • comprehensively
  • encompassing
  • encyclopedically
  • entirely
  • everything
  • exhaustively
  • extensive
  • full
  • fully
  • general
  • generally
  • generic
  • global
  • in the aggregate
  • including all categories
  • including all members
  • inclusionary
  • inclusively
  • liberally
  • loosely
  • macroscopically
  • on the whole
  • overall
  • overarching
  • panoptic
  • pervasive
  • planetary
  • plenary
  • sweeping
  • sweepingly
  • thoroughly
  • together
  • total
  • totally
  • ubiquitous
  • universal
  • wholesale
  • wholly
  • wide
  • widespread
  • worldwide

Antonyms for across the board

  • alone
  • categorically
  • component
  • constituent
  • cross-sectional
  • detailedly
  • distinctly
  • divisional
  • exclusively
  • fractionally
  • fragmentary
  • individual
  • individually
  • literally
  • local
  • localized
  • microscopically
  • minutely
  • narrowly
  • partial
  • particular
  • regional
  • restrictedly
  • sectional
  • separately
  • singly
  • singularly
  • solely
  • solitarily
  • specifically
  • strictly

Example Sentences

  • The company implemented salary increases across the board this year.
  • Their new policy has been adopted across the board by all departments.
  • The changes will affect all employees across the board, regardless of their position.
  • The team's performance has improved across the board, with every player showing growth.
  • The cost of living has risen across the board, affecting both goods and services.

On this page you'll find 97 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to across the board, such as: aggregate, all, all around, all in all, all over, all told, all-embracing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

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  • absolute
  • across the board
  • across-the-board
  • all over
  • all over the place
  • all the options
  • all together
  • all-around
  • all-embracing
  • all-encompassing
  • all-inclusive
  • all-out
  • arranged
  • awash
  • big
  • blanket
  • boundless
  • brimful
  • brimming
  • broad
  • bundled
  • capacious
  • carpeting
  • catchall
  • catholic
  • chock
  • chock-full
  • clean
  • close
  • commodious
  • common
  • compact
  • compendious
  • complete
  • comprehensive
  • compressed
  • comprising
  • congested
  • considerable
  • consigned
  • containing
  • crammed
  • cramped
  • crowded
  • crushed
  • current
  • dense
  • diffuse
  • discursive
  • elbow-to-elbow
  • encircling
  • encyclopedic
  • endless
  • epidemic
  • everywhere
  • exaggerated
  • exhaustive
  • expanded
  • expansive
  • extended
  • extensive
  • far-flung
  • far-reaching
  • fathomless
  • filled
  • filled to the rafters
  • fit to bust
  • full
  • full house
  • full to the gills
  • full up
  • general
  • global
  • great
  • hefty
  • horizonless
  • huddled
  • huge
  • illimitable
  • immeasurable
  • immensurable
  • in depth
  • in toto
  • inclusive
  • indefinite
  • indiscriminate
  • inescapable
  • infinite
  • jam-packed
  • jammed
  • large
  • large-scale
  • lengthy
  • limitless
  • loaded
  • lock stock and barrel
  • long
  • lousy with
  • major
  • massed
  • matting
  • measureless
  • mob scene
  • mobbed
  • of great scope
  • omnipresent
  • on a large scale
  • out-and-out
  • outspread
  • overall
  • overdrawn
  • overflowing
  • overloaded
  • overstated
  • packed
  • packed like sardines
  • pandemic
  • permeating
  • pervading
  • pervasive
  • popular
  • populous
  • prevailing
  • prevalent
  • protracted
  • public
  • radical
  • rampant
  • regnant
  • rife
  • roomy
  • rug
  • ruling
  • runner
  • sardined
  • scopic
  • scopious
  • seething
  • serried
  • sizable
  • sold out
  • spacious
  • standing room only
  • stiff with
  • stuffed
  • swarming
  • sweeping
  • synoptic
  • tapestry
  • teeming
  • the big picture
  • the whole shebang
  • the works
  • thick
  • thickset
  • thorough
  • thorough-going
  • thronged
  • throw rug
  • tight
  • to the roof
  • topped off
  • tumid
  • ubiquitary
  • ubiquitous
  • umbrella
  • unbounded
  • unexclusive
  • unfathomable
  • universal
  • unlimited
  • unqualified
  • unrestricted
  • up to here
  • up to the hilt
  • up to the rafters
  • vast
  • voluminous
  • whole
  • whole-hog
  • wholesale
  • wide
  • wide-ranging
  • widespread
  • without exception
  • wrapped

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