GENERAL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he discussed the general but neglected the particular
   Hypernyms(s) general is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fact (what does fact mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • particular (what does particular mean?)
   • specific (what does specific mean?)
   • particular (what does particular mean?)
   • specific (what does specific mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a general officer of the highest rank
   Synonym(s)
   • full general (what does full general mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) general is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • general officer (what does general officer mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Agricola (what does Agricola mean?)
   • Gnaeus Julius Agricola (what does Gnaeus Julius Agricola mean?)
   • Alcibiades (what does Alcibiades mean?)
   • Antigonus (what does Antigonus mean?)
   • Antigonus Cyclops (what does Antigonus Cyclops mean?)
   • Monophthalmos (what does Monophthalmos mean?)
   • Antony (what does Antony mean?)
   • Anthony (what does Anthony mean?)
   • Mark Antony (what does Mark Antony mean?)
   • Mark Anthony (what does Mark Anthony mean?)
   • Antonius (what does Antonius mean?)
   • Marcus Antonius (what does Marcus Antonius mean?)
   • Arnold (what does Arnold mean?)
   • Benedict Arnold (what does Benedict Arnold mean?)
   • Belisarius (what does Belisarius mean?)
   • Belshazzar (what does Belshazzar mean?)
   • Bolivar (what does Bolivar mean?)
   • Simon Bolivar (what does Simon Bolivar mean?)
   • El Libertador (what does El Libertador mean?)
   • Bradley (what does Bradley mean?)
   • Omar Bradley (what does Omar Bradley mean?)
   • Omar Nelson Bradley (what does Omar Nelson Bradley mean?)
   • Bragg (what does Bragg mean?)
   • Braxton Bragg (what does Braxton Bragg mean?)
   • Burgoyne (what does Burgoyne mean?)
   • John Burgoyne (what does John Burgoyne mean?)
   • Gentleman Johnny (what does Gentleman Johnny mean?)
   • Burnside (what does Burnside mean?)
   • A. E. Burnside (what does A. E. Burnside mean?)
   • Ambrose Everett Burnside (what does Ambrose Everett Burnside mean?)
   • Caesar (what does Caesar mean?)
   • Julius Caesar (what does Julius Caesar mean?)
   • Gaius Julius Caesar (what does Gaius Julius Caesar mean?)
   • Chiang Kai-shek (what does Chiang Kai-shek mean?)
   • Chiang Chung-cheng (what does Chiang Chung-cheng mean?)
   • Churchill (what does Churchill mean?)
   • John Churchill (what does John Churchill mean?)
   • Duke of Marlborough (what does Duke of Marlborough mean?)
   • First Duke of Marlborough (what does First Duke of Marlborough mean?)
   • Clark (what does Clark mean?)
   • Mark Clark (what does Mark Clark mean?)
   • Mark Wayne Clark (what does Mark Wayne Clark mean?)
   • Clausewitz (what does Clausewitz mean?)
   • Karl von Clausewitz (what does Karl von Clausewitz mean?)
   • Clay (what does Clay mean?)
   • Lucius Clay (what does Lucius Clay mean?)
   • Lucius DuBignon Clay (what does Lucius DuBignon Clay mean?)
   • Clive (what does Clive mean?)
   • Robert Clive (what does Robert Clive mean?)
   • Baron Clive (what does Baron Clive mean?)
   • Baron Clive of Plassey (what does Baron Clive of Plassey mean?)
   • Cornwallis (what does Cornwallis mean?)
   • Charles Cornwallis (what does Charles Cornwallis mean?)
   • First Marquess Cornwallis (what does First Marquess Cornwallis mean?)
   • Cromwell (what does Cromwell mean?)
   • Oliver Cromwell (what does Oliver Cromwell mean?)
   • Ironsides (what does Ironsides mean?)
   • Cumberland (what does Cumberland mean?)
   • William Augustus (what does William Augustus mean?)
   • Duke of Cumberland (what does Duke of Cumberland mean?)
   • Butcher Cumberland (what does Butcher Cumberland mean?)
   • Custer (what does Custer mean?)
   • George Armstrong Custer (what does George Armstrong Custer mean?)
   • General Custer (what does General Custer mean?)
   • Dayan (what does Dayan mean?)
   • Moshe Dayan (what does Moshe Dayan mean?)
   • de Gaulle (what does de Gaulle mean?)
   • General de Gaulle (what does General de Gaulle mean?)
   • Charles de Gaulle (what does Charles de Gaulle mean?)
   • General Charles de Gaulle (what does General Charles de Gaulle mean?)
   • Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle (what does Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle mean?)
   • Demetrius (what does Demetrius mean?)
   • Demetrius I (what does Demetrius I mean?)
   • Demetrius Poliorcetes (what does Demetrius Poliorcetes mean?)
   • Doolittle (what does Doolittle mean?)
   • Jimmy Doolittle (what does Jimmy Doolittle mean?)
   • James Harold Doolittle (what does James Harold Doolittle mean?)
   • Dowding (what does Dowding mean?)
   • Hugh Dowding (what does Hugh Dowding mean?)
   • Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding (what does Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding mean?)
   • Dowdy (what does Dowdy mean?)
   • Eisenhower (what does Eisenhower mean?)
   • Dwight Eisenhower (what does Dwight Eisenhower mean?)
   • Dwight D. Eisenhower (what does Dwight D. Eisenhower mean?)
   • Dwight David Eisenhower (what does Dwight David Eisenhower mean?)
   • Ike (what does Ike mean?)
   • President Eisenhower (what does President Eisenhower mean?)
   • Eugene (what does Eugene mean?)
   • Prince Eugene of Savoy (what does Prince Eugene of Savoy mean?)
   • Flaminius (what does Flaminius mean?)
   • Gaius Flaminius (what does Gaius Flaminius mean?)
   • Franco (what does Franco mean?)
   • Francisco Franco (what does Francisco Franco mean?)
   • El Caudillo (what does El Caudillo mean?)
   • Garibaldi (what does Garibaldi mean?)
   • Giuseppe Garibaldi (what does Giuseppe Garibaldi mean?)
   • Grant (what does Grant mean?)
   • Ulysses Grant (what does Ulysses Grant mean?)
   • Ulysses S. Grant (what does Ulysses S. Grant mean?)
   • Ulysses Simpson Grant (what does Ulysses Simpson Grant mean?)
   • Hiram Ulysses Grant (what does Hiram Ulysses Grant mean?)
   • President Grant (what does President Grant mean?)
   • Groves (what does Groves mean?)
   • Leslie Richard Groves (what does Leslie Richard Groves mean?)
   • Hannibal (what does Hannibal mean?)
   • Harris (what does Harris mean?)
   • Bomber Harris (what does Bomber Harris mean?)
   • Sir Arthur Travers Harris (what does Sir Arthur Travers Harris mean?)
   • Hasdrubal (what does Hasdrubal mean?)
   • Hindenburg (what does Hindenburg mean?)
   • Paul von Hindenburg (what does Paul von Hindenburg mean?)
   • Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (what does Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg mean?)
   • Holofernes (what does Holofernes mean?)
   • Hooker (what does Hooker mean?)
   • Joseph Hooker (what does Joseph Hooker mean?)
   • Fighting Joe Hooker (what does Fighting Joe Hooker mean?)
   • Houston (what does Houston mean?)
   • Sam Houston (what does Sam Houston mean?)
   • Samuel Houston (what does Samuel Houston mean?)
   • Jackson (what does Jackson mean?)
   • Andrew Jackson (what does Andrew Jackson mean?)
   • Old Hickory (what does Old Hickory mean?)
   • Jackson (what does Jackson mean?)
   • Thomas Jackson (what does Thomas Jackson mean?)
   • Thomas J. Jackson (what does Thomas J. Jackson mean?)
   • Thomas Jonathan Jackson (what does Thomas Jonathan Jackson mean?)
   • Stonewall Jackson (what does Stonewall Jackson mean?)
   • Johnston (what does Johnston mean?)
   • J. E. Johnston (what does J. E. Johnston mean?)
   • Joseph Eggleston Johnston (what does Joseph Eggleston Johnston mean?)
   • Josephus (what does Josephus mean?)
   • Flavius Josephus (what does Flavius Josephus mean?)
   • Joseph ben Matthias (what does Joseph ben Matthias mean?)
   • Lee (what does Lee mean?)
   • Robert E. Lee (what does Robert E. Lee mean?)
   • Robert Edward Lee (what does Robert Edward Lee mean?)
   • Luculus (what does Luculus mean?)
   • Lucius Licinius Luculus (what does Lucius Licinius Luculus mean?)
   • Lysander (what does Lysander mean?)
   • Lysimachus (what does Lysimachus mean?)
   • MacArthur (what does MacArthur mean?)
   • Douglas MacArthur (what does Douglas MacArthur mean?)
   • Marshall (what does Marshall mean?)
   • George Marshall (what does George Marshall mean?)
   • George Catlett Marshall (what does George Catlett Marshall mean?)
   • Meade (what does Meade mean?)
   • George Gordon Meade (what does George Gordon Meade mean?)
   • Miltiades (what does Miltiades mean?)
   • Mitchell (what does Mitchell mean?)
   • William Mitchell (what does William Mitchell mean?)
   • Billy Mitchell (what does Billy Mitchell mean?)
   • Montgomery (what does Montgomery mean?)
   • Bernard Law Montgomery (what does Bernard Law Montgomery mean?)
   • Sir Bernard Law Montgomery (what does Sir Bernard Law Montgomery mean?)
   • 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (what does 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein mean?)
   • Napoleon (what does Napoleon mean?)
   • Napoleon I (what does Napoleon I mean?)
   • Napoleon Bonaparte (what does Napoleon Bonaparte mean?)
   • Bonaparte (what does Bonaparte mean?)
   • the Little Corporal (what does the Little Corporal mean?)
   • Ney (what does Ney mean?)
   • Michel Ney (what does Michel Ney mean?)
   • Duc d’Elchingen (what does Duc d’Elchingen mean?)
   • Pershing (what does Pershing mean?)
   • John Joseph Pershing (what does John Joseph Pershing mean?)
   • Black Jack Pershing (what does Black Jack Pershing mean?)
   • Pickett (what does Pickett mean?)
   • George Edward Pickett (what does George Edward Pickett mean?)
   • Pompey (what does Pompey mean?)
   • Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (what does Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus mean?)
   • Pompey the Great (what does Pompey the Great mean?)
   • Powell (what does Powell mean?)
   • Colin Powell (what does Colin Powell mean?)
   • Colin luther Powell (what does Colin luther Powell mean?)
   • Rochambeau (what does Rochambeau mean?)
   • Comte de Rochambeau (what does Comte de Rochambeau mean?)
   • Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur (what does Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur mean?)
   • Santa Anna (what does Santa Anna mean?)
   • Santa Ana (what does Santa Ana mean?)
   • Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (what does Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna mean?)
   • Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana (what does Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana mean?)
   • Saxe (what does Saxe mean?)
   • Hermann Maurice Saxe (what does Hermann Maurice Saxe mean?)
   • comte de Saxe (what does comte de Saxe mean?)
   • Marshal Saxe (what does Marshal Saxe mean?)
   • Scipio (what does Scipio mean?)
   • Scipio Africanus (what does Scipio Africanus mean?)
   • Scipio Africanus Major (what does Scipio Africanus Major mean?)
   • Publius Cornelius Scipio (what does Publius Cornelius Scipio mean?)
   • Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major (what does Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major mean?)
   • Scipio the Elder (what does Scipio the Elder mean?)
   • Scott (what does Scott mean?)
   • Winfield Scott (what does Winfield Scott mean?)
   • Seleucus (what does Seleucus mean?)
   • Seleucus I (what does Seleucus I mean?)
   • Seleucus I Nicator (what does Seleucus I Nicator mean?)
   • Sherman (what does Sherman mean?)
   • William Tecumseh Sherman (what does William Tecumseh Sherman mean?)
   • Siraj-ud-daula (what does Siraj-ud-daula mean?)
   • Stilwell (what does Stilwell mean?)
   • Joseph Warren Stilwell (what does Joseph Warren Stilwell mean?)
   • Vinegar Joe Stilwell (what does Vinegar Joe Stilwell mean?)
   • Uncle Joe (what does Uncle Joe mean?)
   • Sulla (what does Sulla mean?)
   • Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (what does Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix mean?)
   • Wallenstein (what does Wallenstein mean?)
   • Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein (what does Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein mean?)
   • Washington (what does Washington mean?)
   • George Washington (what does George Washington mean?)
   • President Washington (what does President Washington mean?)
   • Wavell (what does Wavell mean?)
   • Archibald Percival Wavell (what does Archibald Percival Wavell mean?)
   • First Earl Wavell (what does First Earl Wavell mean?)
   • Wayne (what does Wayne mean?)
   • Anthony Wayne (what does Anthony Wayne mean?)
   • Mad Anthony Wayne (what does Mad Anthony Wayne mean?)
   • Wellington (what does Wellington mean?)
   • Duke of Wellington (what does Duke of Wellington mean?)
   • First Duke of Wellington (what does First Duke of Wellington mean?)
   • Arthur Wellesley (what does Arthur Wellesley mean?)
   • the Iron Duke (what does the Iron Duke mean?)
   • Xenophon (what does Xenophon mean?)
   • Zhukov (what does Zhukov mean?)
   • Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov (what does Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • general (what does general mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the head of a religious order or congregation
   Synonym(s)
   • superior general (what does superior general mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) general is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • head (what does head mean?)
   • chief (what does chief mean?)
   • top dog (what does top dog mean?)

GENERAL as VERB

1. Meaning
   • command as a general
   Usage Example(s)
   • We are generaled by an incompetent!
   Hypernyms(s) general is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • command (what does command mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • general (what does general mean?)
   • full general (what does full general mean?)

GENERAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • prevailing among and common to the general public
   Usage Example(s)
   • the general discontent
   Similar To
   • common (what does common mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of worldwide scope or applicability
   Synonym(s)
   • cosmopolitan (what does cosmopolitan mean?)
   • ecumenical (what does ecumenical mean?)
   • oecumenical (what does oecumenical mean?)
   • universal (what does universal mean?)
   • worldwide (what does worldwide mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an issue of cosmopolitan import
   • the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time- Christopher Morley
   • universal experience
   Similar To
   • comprehensive (what does comprehensive mean?)
3. Meaning
   • not specialized or limited to one class of things
   Usage Example(s)
   • general studies
   • general knowledge
   Similar To
   • undiversified (what does undiversified mean?)
   • unvaried (what does unvaried mean?)
4. Meaning
   • applying to all or most members of a category or group
   Usage Example(s)
   • the general public
   • general assistance
   • a general rule
   • in general terms
   • comprehensible to the general reader
   Antonym(s)
   • specific (what does specific mean?)
   Similar To
   • as a whole(ip) (what does as a whole(ip) mean?)
   • at large(ip) (what does at large(ip) mean?)
   • in general(ip) (what does in general(ip) mean?)
   • at-large(ip) (what does at-large(ip) mean?)
   • broad (what does broad mean?)
   • unspecific (what does unspecific mean?)
   • generalized (what does generalized mean?)
   • generalised (what does generalised mean?)
   • general-purpose (what does general-purpose mean?)
   • all-purpose (what does all-purpose mean?)
   • generic (what does generic mean?)
   • gross (what does gross mean?)
   • mass (what does mass mean?)
   • large-scale (what does large-scale mean?)
   • miscellaneous (what does miscellaneous mean?)
   • overall (what does overall mean?)
   • pandemic (what does pandemic mean?)
   • pervading (what does pervading mean?)
   • pervasive (what does pervasive mean?)
   • widespread (what does widespread mean?)
   • plain (what does plain mean?)
   • popular (what does popular mean?)
   See Also
   • comprehensive (what does comprehensive mean?)
   • imprecise (what does imprecise mean?)
   • indiscriminate (what does indiscriminate mean?)
   • unspecialized (what does unspecialized mean?)
   • unspecialised (what does unspecialised mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • generality (what does generality mean?)
5. Meaning
   • of national scope
   Usage Example(s)
   • a general election
   Similar To
   • national (what does national mean?)
6. Meaning
   • affecting the entire body
   Usage Example(s)
   • a general anesthetic
   • general symptoms
   Antonym(s)
   • local (what does local mean?)
   Similar To
   • generalized (what does generalized mean?)
   • generalised (what does generalised mean?)
   • systemic (what does systemic mean?)
7. Meaning
   • somewhat indefinite
   Usage Example(s)
   • bearing a general resemblance to the original
   • a general description of the merchandise
   Similar To
   • imprecise (what does imprecise mean?)