Meanings
- not comparableliteratureOf a book or document, not abridged, shortened, expurgated or condensed; complete.
an unabridged dictionary
Synonyms: uncensored, uncondensed, unexpurgated · Antonyms: abridged
plural unabridgeds
- literatureAn unabridged publication, especially a reference work.
- abbreviationellipsishuman sciencesEllipsis of unabridged dictionary.
it would seem to indicate that arcane’s restoration to general usage is fairly recent and we may expect that it will move from the comparative obscurity of the unabridgeds to proper listing in general use
1975, William Morris, It’s Easy to Increase Your Vocabulary
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a book or document, not abridged, shortened, expurgated or condensed; complete.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishabridged
- Englishunabridged
Translations
Bulgarian пълен, несъкратен
- пълен (pălen)not abridged
- несъкратен (nesăkraten)not abridged
Czech nezkrácený
- nezkrácenýnot abridged
Danish uforkortet, ubeskåret
- uforkortetnot abridged
- ubeskåretnot abridged
Finnish lyhentämätön, kokonainen
- lyhentämätönnot abridged
- kokonainennot abridged
- täysinot abridged
German ungekürzt, vollständig
- ungekürztnot abridged
- vollständignot abridged
Icelandic óskertur
- óskerturnot abridged
Italian integrale
- integralenot abridged
Norwegian Bokmål uforkortet, uavkortet
- uforkortetnot abridged
- uavkortetnot abridged
Portuguese integral
- integralnot abridged
Russian по́лный, несокращённый
- по́лный (pólnyj)not abridged
- несокращённый (nesokraščónnyj)not abridged
Spanish íntegro, non compendiado
- íntegronot abridged
- non compendiadonot abridged
Swedish oavkortad, oförkortad
- oavkortadnot abridged
- oförkortadnot abridged
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
unabridged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unabridged
“unabridged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unabridged. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unabridged,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unabridged.
Source: unabridged on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.