<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees.</li><li>Synonyms: catholic, ordinary, regular, prevailing, customary</li><li>Antonyms: limited, special</li><li>Of, relating to, or true of such persons or things in the main, with possible exceptions; common to most; prevalent; usual: the general mood of the people.</li><li>Synonyms: catholic, ordinary, regular, prevailing, customary</li><li>Not limited to one class, field, product, service, etc.; miscellaneous: the general public; general science.</li><li>Considering or dealing with overall characteristics, universal aspects, or important elements, especially without considering all details or specific aspects: general instructions; a general description; a general resemblance one to another.</li><li>Not specific or definite: I could give them only a general idea of what was going on.</li><li>Synonyms: approximate, imprecise, inexact, ill-defined</li><li>Antonyms: precise, exact, definite</li><li>(Of anesthesia or an anesthetic) causing loss of consciousness and abolishing sensitivity to pain throughout the body.</li><li>Having extended command or superior or chief rank: the secretary general of the United Nations; the attorney general.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Military: U.S. Army and Air Force. An officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force.</li><li>U.S. Army: An officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army.</li><li>U.S. Marine Corps: An officer holding the highest rank in the corps.</li><li>(In numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army.</li><li>Ecclesiastical: the chief official of a religious order.</li><li>Something that is general; generality.</li><li>Archaic: general public.</li></ul>