Antonyms for wholesale
ˈhoʊlˌseɪlwhole·sale

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1. wholesaleadjective

   the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers

   Antonyms:
   retail, discriminate

2. sweeping, wholesaleverb

   ignoring distinctions

   "sweeping generalizations"; "wholesale destruction"

   Antonyms:
   retail, discriminate

   Synonyms:
   sweeping

3. wholesaleadverb

   sell in large quantities

   Antonyms:
   retail, discriminate

4. wholesaleadverb

   at a wholesale price

   "I can sell it to you wholesale"

   Antonyms:
   retail, discriminate

   Synonyms:
   in large quantities

5. wholesale, in large quantitiesadverb

   on a large scale without careful discrimination

   "I buy food wholesale"

   Antonyms:
   retail, discriminate

   Synonyms:
   in large quantities

How to use wholesale in a sentence?

1. Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver:

   There has to be compromise. It's clear that Greece has got to be prepared to make some changes, and I think a wholesale repudiation of their debt is not on the cards, but other countries, creditors will have to work with Greece to arrive at a compromise.

2. John Anderson:

   Turkey production has been somewhat lower this year and wholesale prices are a little higher, but consumers should find an adequate supply of birds at their local grocery store.

3. President Barack Obama on Monday:

   Those kinds of restrictive practices I think would ironically hurt the Chinese economy over the long term because I don’t think there is any U.S. or European firm, any international firm, that could credibly get away with that wholesale turning over of data, personal data, over to a government.

4. Vodafone Chief Executive Vittorio Colao:

   We are stronger in mobile and in enterprise but we are reliant on wholesale access for fiber, ziggo has a nationwide cable and fiber network, scale in high-speed broadband and leadership in TV, but today is reliant on wholesale ... access on Vodafone's network.

5. Former Sen. Bob Dole:

   If he's the nominee, we're going to have wholesale losses in Congress and state offices and governors and legislatures.

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