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Pervasive

Pervasive Meaning & Definition
Pervasive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pervasive?

[adj] spreading throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"
[adj] spread throughout; "a pervasive anxiety overshadows the triumphs of individuals"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pervasive: distributive | general | permeant | permeating | permeative | pervading

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pervasive: absolute | all-embracing | all-encompassing | all-out | all-pervading | born | broad-based | clean | clear | comprehensive | congenital | consummate | deep-dyed | downright | dyed-in-the-wool | egregious | exhaustive | general | inescapable | intensive | omnibus | omnipresent | out-and-out | outright | penetrating | perfect | permeating | permeative | pervading | plain | plumb | prevalent | pure | radical | regular | sheer | straight | suffusing | suffusive | sweeping | thorough | thoroughgoing | through-and-through | total | ubiquitous | unconditional | universal | unmitigated | unqualified | unreserved | unrestricted | utter | veritable | wholesale | widespread

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Pervasive In Webster's Dictionary

\Per*va"sive\, a. Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of a pervading quality. ``Civilization pervasive and general.'' --M. Arnold.

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