Synonyms for whole
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1. whole

   Synonyms:
   main body, original, total

   Antonyms:
   accessory, accompaniment, addendum, addition, adjunct, appendage, appendix, appurtenance, attachment, auxiliary, concomitant, extension, supplement

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1. whole

   Synonyms:
   total, entire, all, well, complete, sound, healthy, perfect, unimpaired, undiminished, integral, undivided, gross

   Antonyms:
   partial, imperfect, incomplete, unsound, sick, impaired, diminished, fractional, divided, sectional

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1. wholenoun

   all of something including all its component elements or parts

   "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"

   Synonyms:
   unit

   Antonyms:
   half(a), diversified, fractional, injured, halfway, unhealthy, fragmentary, waist-length, half, divisional, fragmental, aliquot

2. whole, unitadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   unit, social unit, unit of measurement, building block

   Antonyms:
   fragmental, injured, divisional, unhealthy, diversified, fractional, aliquot, half, half(a), waist-length, halfway, fragmentary

3. wholeadjective

   including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   solid, hale, unharmed, unscathed, unanimous, unhurt

   Antonyms:
   aliquot, unhealthy, divisional, halfway, waist-length, fragmental, fragmentary, half, injured, fractional, diversified, half(a)

4. wholeadjective

   (of siblings) having the same parents

   "whole brothers and sisters"

   Synonyms:
   solid, hale, unharmed, unscathed, unanimous, unhurt

   Antonyms:
   diversified, injured, unhealthy, aliquot, divisional, half(a), halfway, fractional, fragmental, waist-length, half, fragmentary

5. unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, wholeadjective

   not injured

   Synonyms:
   hale, unharmed, unanimous, safe and sound, unhurt, solid, unscathed

   Antonyms:
   half, halfway, injured, diversified, waist-length, fragmentary, fragmental, fractional, unhealthy, divisional, aliquot, half(a)

6. hale, wholeadjective

   exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

   "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"

   Synonyms:
   solid, hale, unharmed, unscathed, unanimous, unhurt

   Antonyms:
   fractional, diversified, halfway, injured, fragmentary, aliquot, half, unhealthy, half(a), fragmental, waist-length, divisional

7. solid, unanimous, wholeadverb

   acting together as a single undiversified whole

   "a solid voting bloc"

   Synonyms:
   self-colored, unhurt, hale, unharmed, consentient, consentaneous, self-coloured, substantial, unanimous, upstanding, hearty, satisfying, solid, square, firm, strong, unscathed

   Antonyms:
   half(a), half, waist-length, divisional, fragmentary, injured, fractional, aliquot, unhealthy, diversified, fragmental, halfway

8. wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, wholeadverb

   to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   all in all, altogether, all told, on the whole, solely, tout ensemble, entirely, completely, totally, in all, exclusively, wholly, all, only, alone

   Antonyms:
   unhealthy, waist-length, fragmental, half(a), divisional, injured, fragmentary, fractional, halfway, diversified, half, aliquot

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1. denomerator

   the denominator is the whole part of the fraction that is getting split into by the numerator

   "what is the whole of the fraction."

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

2. total

   targeting something but also targets another thing

   Submitted by anonymous on March 8, 2021  

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1. wholeadjective

   Synonyms:
   all, total

2. wholeadjective

   Synonyms:
   entire, undivided, integral, complete, not fractional

3. wholeadjective

   Synonyms:
   uninjured, unimpaired, unbroken, perfect, faultless, good, firm, strong

4. wholeadjective

   Synonyms:
   sound, well, healthy

5. wholenoun

   Synonyms:
   all, totality, aggregate, gross, amount, sum, sum total

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1. wholeadjective

   Synonyms:
   all, total, entire, intact, complete, inviolate, integral, unbroken, unscathed, unabridged

2. wholenoun

   Synonyms:
   sum, total, totality, all, aggregate, gross, integral

   Antonyms:
   part, portion, fraction, disintegration

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1. List of paraphrases for "whole":

   entire, together, set, entirety, any, full, all, overall, integer, plenary, total, totality, general, joint, everything, ensemble, complete, package, every, comprehensive, suite, assembly

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1. Lizzy Nielsen:

   When I watched the video... the whole day I was kind of shaking, like' that was really scary,'.

2. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto:

   Evidently, there's a whole process we have to go through that involves the judicial branch of our country, but the directive that the Attorney General's Office has been given is to work and speed up this work to make this extradition of this highly dangerous criminal happen as soon as possible.

3. Curtis Strange:

   The whole thing is very uncomfortable — writing the name on the paper, sealing it in the envelope, you don't ever want that name to get out. You don't ever want to destroy someone's confidence. But you're obligated to put a name in the envelope.

4. Mark Jacobs:

   I don't know yet what that will look like because we're using this as a whole training period to figure it out, but to me that's the future.

5. Jamarcus Glover:

   The police are trying to make it out to be my fault and turning the whole community out here making it look like I brought this to Breonna's door, there was nothing never there or anything ever there, and at the end of the day, they went about it the wrong way and lied on that search warrant and shot that girl out there.