Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun encyclical

1 sense of encyclical

Sense 1
encyclical, encyclical letter -- (a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world)
       => letter, missive -- (a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor")

Antonyms of adj encyclical

1 sense of encyclical

Sense 1
encyclical -- (intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter")

INDIRECT (VIA distributed) -> concentrated -- (gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore")

Similarity of adj encyclical

1 sense of encyclical

Sense 1
encyclical -- (intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter")
       => distributed (vs. concentrated) -- (spread out or scattered about or divided up)