Definitions for: Pervasive

[adj] spreading throughout; "armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations"; "the pervasive odor of garlic"
[adj] spread throughout; "a pervasive anxiety overshadows the triumphs of individuals"

Webster (1913) Definition: Per*va"sive, a.
Tending to pervade, or having power to spread throughout; of
a pervading quality. ``Civilization pervasive and general.''
--M. Arnold.

Synonyms: distributive, general, permeant, permeating, permeative, pervading