whole
1. all of something including all its component elements or parts (Freq. 8)
- Europe considered as a whole
- the whole of American literature
• Hypernyms:
concept, conception, construct
• Hyponyms:
unit, compound, complex, composite
• Part Meronyms:
part, section, division
2. an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
- how big is that part compared to the whole?
- the team is a unit
• Syn:
unit
• Derivationally related forms:
unify (for: unit), unitize (for: unit)
• Hypernyms:
object, physical object
• Hyponyms:
congener, living thing, animate thing, natural object, artifact,
artifact, assembly, item, sum, total,
totality, aggregate
• Part Meronyms:
part, portion, section, segment
1. including all components without exception;
being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration;
complete (Freq. 109)
- gave his whole attention
- a whole wardrobe for the tropics
- the whole hog
- a whole week
- the baby cried the whole trip home
- a whole loaf of bread
• Ant:
fractional
• Similar to:
entire, full, total, full-length, full-page,
integral, intact, livelong, undivided
• See Also:
complete
• Attrubites:
integrity, unity, wholeness
2. (of siblings) having the same parents
- whole brothers and sisters
• Ant:
half
3. not injured
• Syn:
unharmed, unhurt, unscathed
• Similar to:
uninjured
4. acting together as a single undiversified whole
- a solid voting bloc
• Syn:
solid, unanimous
• Similar to:
undiversified
• Derivationally related forms:
wholeness, unanimity (for: unanimous)
5. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
- hale and hearty
- whole in mind and body
- a whole person again
• Syn:
hale
• Similar to:
healthy
• Derivationally related forms:
wholeness, haleness (for: hale)
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent ('whole' is often used informally for 'wholly') (Freq. 1)
- he was wholly convinced
- entirely satisfied with the meal
- it was completely different from what we expected
- was completely at fault
- a totally new situation
- the directions were all wrong
- it was not altogether her fault
- an altogether new approach
- a whole new idea
• Syn:
wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether
• Ant:
partly (for: wholly)
• Derived from adjective:
total (for: totally), complete (for: completely), entire (for: entirely), whole (for: wholly)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
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