'Whole' definitions:
Definition of 'whole'
(from WordNet)
adverb
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" [syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially, partly]
adjective
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" [ant: fractional]
adjective
(of siblings) having the same parents; "whole brothers and sisters" [ant: half]
adjective
adjective
Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again" [syn: hale, whole]
adjective
Acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc" [syn: solid, unanimous, whole]
noun
All of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
noun
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: whole, unit]
Definition of 'Whole'
From: GCIDE
- Whole \Whole\, a. [OE. hole, hol, hal, hool, AS. h[=a]l well, sound, healthy; akin to OFries. & OS. h?l, D. heel, G. heil, Icel. heill, Sw. hel whole, Dan. heel, Goth. hails well, sound, OIr. c?l augury. Cf. Hale, Hail to greet, Heal to cure, Health, Holy.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. "On their whole host I flew unarmed." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The whole race of mankind. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole. [1913 Webster]
- My life is yet whole in me. --2 Sam. i. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well. [1913 Webster]
- [She] findeth there her friends hole and sound. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- They that be whole need not a physician. --Matt. ix. 12. [1913 Webster]
- When Sir Lancelot's deadly hurt was whole. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Whole blood. (Law of Descent) See under Blood, n., 2.
- Whole note (Mus.), the note which represents a note of longest duration in common use; a semibreve.
- Whole number (Math.), a number which is not a fraction or mixed number; an integer.
- Whole snipe (Zool.), the common snipe, as distinguished from the smaller jacksnipe. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: All; total; complete; entire; integral; undivided; uninjured; unimpaired; unbroken; healthy.
- Usage: Whole, Total, Entire, Complete. When we use the word whole, we refer to a thing as made up of parts, none of which are wanting; as, a whole week; a whole year; the whole creation. When we use the word total, we have reference to all as taken together, and forming a single totality; as, the total amount; the total income. When we speak of a thing as entire, we have no reference to parts at all, but regard the thing as an integer, i. e., continuous or unbroken; as, an entire year; entire prosperity. When we speak of a thing as complete, there is reference to some progress which results in a filling out to some end or object, or a perfected state with no deficiency; as, complete success; a complete victory. [1913 Webster]
- All the whole army stood agazed on him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- One entire and perfect chrysolite. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Lest total darkness should by night regain Her old possession, and extinguish life. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- So absolute she seems, And in herself complete. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Whole'
From: GCIDE
- Whole \Whole\, n.
- 1. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself. [1913 Webster]
- This not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. --J. Montgomery. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A regular combination of parts; a system. [1913 Webster]
- Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Committee of the whole. See under Committee.
- Upon the whole, considering all things; taking everything into account; in view of all the circumstances or conditions. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Totality; total; amount; aggregate; gross. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'whole'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a certain,
- absolute,
- account,
- across-the-board,
- admissibility,
- admission,
- admitting no exception,
- aggregate,
- all,
- all hands,
- all the world,
- all-comprehensive,
- all-embracing,
- all-inclusive,
- all-out,
- amount,
- amplitude,
- an,
- any,
- any one,
- assimilation,
- atomic,
- be-all and end-all,
- being,
- blanket,
- box score,
- bulk,
- bunkum,
- cast,
- categorical,
- census,
- clear,
- coherence,
- cohesion,
- compendious,
- complete,
- completeness,
- composition,
- comprehension,
- comprehensive,
- comprehensiveness,
- comprisal,
- concentrated,
- conclusive,
- constituents,
- content,
- contents,
- count,
- coverage,
- decided,
- decisive,
- definite,
- definitive,
- determinate,
- developed,
- difference,
- divisions,
- downright,
- either,
- elements,
- eligibility,
- embodiment,
- embracement,
- encompassment,
- encyclopedic,
- entire,
- entirety,
- entity,
- envisagement,
- every man Jack,
- everybody,
- everyone,
- exclusive,
- exhaustive,
- exhaustiveness,
- explicit,
- express,
- extent,
- final,
- fit,
- fixed,
- flat,
- flat-out,
- flawless,
- force,
- full,
- full-fledged,
- full-grown,
- full-scale,
- global,
- good,
- gross,
- guts,
- hale,
- healthy,
- holistic,
- implicit,
- inappealable,
- inclusion,
- inclusive,
- inclusiveness,
- incorporation,
- index,
- indisputable,
- individual,
- indivisible,
- ingredients,
- innards,
- insides,
- intact,
- integral,
- integrate,
- integrated,
- inventory,
- irreducible,
- items,
- linkage,
- list,
- lone,
- magnitude,
- mass,
- matter,
- mature,
- matured,
- measure,
- measurement,
- membership,
- monadic,
- monistic,
- number,
- numbers,
- omnibus,
- one,
- one and all,
- one and indivisible,
- openness,
- orbicular,
- organism,
- organization,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- over-all,
- panoramic,
- part,
- participation,
- parts,
- peremptory,
- perfect,
- plenary,
- positive,
- product,
- quantity,
- quantum,
- reception,
- reckoning,
- result,
- resultant,
- right,
- ripe,
- round,
- rounded,
- sane,
- score,
- simple,
- single,
- singular,
- sole,
- solid,
- solitary,
- sound,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- strength,
- substance,
- sum,
- sum total,
- summation,
- supply,
- sweeping,
- synoptic,
- system,
- tale,
- tally,
- the bottom line,
- the story,
- the whole story,
- tolerance,
- toleration,
- total,
- totality,
- tote,
- tout le monde,
- unabbreviated,
- unanalyzable,
- unblemished,
- unbroken,
- uncircumscribed,
- unconditional,
- unconditioned,
- uncut,
- undamaged,
- undiminished,
- undistracted,
- undivided,
- undoubting,
- unequivocal,
- unexpurgated,
- unhampered,
- unhesitating,
- unhurt,
- uniform,
- unimpaired,
- uninjured,
- unique,
- unitary,
- unity,
- universal,
- unlimited,
- unmarred,
- unmistakable,
- unmitigated,
- unqualified,
- unquestioning,
- unreserved,
- unrestricted,
- unswerving,
- untouched,
- unwaivable,
- utter,
- well,
- well-rounded,
- wholesome,
- without exception,
- without omission,
- without reserve,
- x number
Words containing 'Whole'
- Wholeness,
- on the whole,
- Committee of the whole,
- The whole concern,
- Upon the whole,
- Whole blood,
- Whole note,
- Whole number,
- Whole snipe,
- the whole caboodle,
- the whole shebang,
- the whole way,
- whole caboodle,
- whole gale,
- whole kit,
- whole milk,
- whole name,
- whole rest,
- whole shebang,
- whole step,
- whole tone,
- whole works,
- Committee of the whole house,
- Heart-whole,
- Upon the whole matter,
- Whole-hoofed,
- Whole-length,
- Whole-souled,
- With one's whole heart,
- part to whole relation,
- the whole kit and caboodle,
- whole kit and boodle,
- whole kit and caboodle,
- whole life insurance,
- whole meal bread,
- whole meal flour,
- whole to part relation,
- whole wheat bread,
- whole wheat flour,
- whole-wheat,
- whole-word method