across-the-board

Questions about across-the-board

What does across-the-board mean?

across-the-board means "broad in scope or content".

How many syllables are in across-the-board?

across-the-board has 5 syllables: a-cross--the--bo-ard. The stress falls on "the-".

What is another word for across-the-board?

Close synonyms include all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is across-the-board a common word?

across-the-board is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.