ALL-PURPOSE Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

all-purpose

adjective

ˈȯl-ˈpər-pəs

Definition of all-purpose

as in unlimited

not limited or specialized in application or purpose there's nothing wrong with all-purpose flour for baking bread, but flour with more gluten is better

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Recent Examples of all-purpose Walter Payton becomes the first NFL player to accumulate 20,000 all-purpose yards in the Chicago Bears’ 20-7 victory over the Houston Oilers. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 He was named the Big 12 offensive player of the week after Utah’s win at Iowa State two weeks ago, posting 239 all-purpose yards and three touchdowns. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026 While the on-board controls are somewhat unintuitively placed on the back of the speakers, the M90s come with an all-purpose remote that gives you intuitive controls over volume, playback control, and device connectivity. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026 Eligible products include hand tools, paint items, tape, soap, all-purpose cleaner and batteries. — Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for all-purpose

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Adjective

As an independent expenditure committee, Unidos Con Karen Bass is allowed to raise campaign donations in unlimited amounts.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
The Unlimited Plan includes unlimited monthly messages, subject to a fair-use policy, plus priority customer support and access to future features and models.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of unlimited

Adjective

His dip in the polling this month seems less attributable to any new policy position or statements than to just a general gloom among California residents about the state’s direction, Baldassare said.

— Andrew Graham October 27, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
That’s the case in Baltimore County as well — the administrative officer is paid a flat annual salary and does not receive general increases or cost-of-living adjustments.

— Natalie Jones, Baltimore Sun, 28 Oct. 2026

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Adjective

Unlike general-purpose image generators, IllustratorMagic is designed to maintain character consistency throughout a book.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2026
Any function whose work can be pointed at a proper model of its underlying business, instead of at a general-purpose language model, is starting to compound the same way Anthropic’s engineering did a year ago.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

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all-powerful

all-purpose

all right

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