general

Adjective

• of worldwide scope or applicability
  • an issue of cosmopolitan import
    
  • the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time- Christopher Morley
    
  • universal experience
    

• somewhat indefinite
  • bearing a general resemblance to the original
    
  • a general description of the merchandise
    

• affecting the entire body
  • a general anesthetic
    
  • general symptoms
    

• prevailing among and common to the general public
  • the general discontent
    

• not specialized or limited to one class of things
  • general studies
    
  • general knowledge
    

• applying to all or most members of a category or group
  • the general public
    
  • general assistance
    
  • a general rule
    
  • in general terms
    
  • comprehensible to the general reader
    

Noun

• a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
  • he discussed the general but neglected the particular
    

• the head of a religious order or congregation

• a general officer of the highest rank

Verb

• command as a general
  • We are generaled by an incompetent!
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cosmopolitan , ecumenical , oecumenical , universal , worldwide , world-wide , superior general , full general
• Antonyms: 
  local , specific , particular