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thorough
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As an adjective, thorough means painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail. As a noun, it means a furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Meanings of thorough
7 meaningsadjective
Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
“The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father of two in police custody.”
“He is the most thorough worker I have ever seen.”
Utter; complete; absolute.
Painstakingly careful and accurate
“our accountant is thorough”
“thorough research”
Performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial
“an exhaustive study”
“made a thorough search”
“thoroughgoing research”
Similar: exhaustive, thoroughgoingWithout qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
“an arrant fool”
“a complete coward”
“a consummate fool”
Similar: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross
preposition
obsoleteThrough.
noun
UKdialectA furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).