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general has 8 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 10 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its 3 recorded opposites are specific, local, particular.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
“the general public”
affecting the entire body
“a general anesthetic”
of worldwide scope or applicability
“an issue of cosmopolitan import”
a general officer of the highest rank
a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
“he discussed the general but neglected the particular”
command as a general
“We are generaled by an incompetent!”
3 of the 10 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for general.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for general come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.