- Broad (tastes) - Selected from various styles - Wide-ranging - Wide-ranging in one's tastes - Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in
doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an
eclectic philosopher. - Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected;
as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine. - One who follows an eclectic method.
- Of goods sold to retailers - Wide-ranging - Widespread - Sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as
distinguished from retail. - Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or
large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to
consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price. - Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter.