Meanings
adjectiveall-purpose (not comparable)
- not comparableFor all purposes.
Near-synonym: multipurpose
Synonyms: general-purpose, do-all, jack-of-all-trades, multipurpose · Antonyms: specialty, purpose-made, purpose-built, limited, dedicated
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFor all purposes.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot limited in use or function
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Translations
Finnish yleis-, yleiskäyttöinen
- yleis-for all purposes
- yleiskäyttöinenfor all purposes
French tout-usage, multi-usages
- tout-usagefor all purposes
- multi-usagesfor all purposes
- tous usagesfor all purposes
- tout usagefor all purposes
- universelfor all purposes
- polyvalentfor all purposes
- à usages multiplesfor all purposes
German Allzweck-
- Allzweck-for all purposes
Spanish universal, polivalente
- universalfor all purposes
- polivalentefor all purposes
- plurivalentefor all purposes
- todopropósitofor all purposes
Vietnamese vạn năng, nhiều mục đích
- vạn năngfor all purposes
- nhiều mục đíchfor all purposes
- đa năngfor all purposes
Cite this entry
APA
all-purpose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-purpose
MLA
“all-purpose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-purpose. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all-purpose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all-purpose.
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