whole

• (r) 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
  all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, wholly,
• (a) 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
• (a) (of siblings) having the same parents
  • whole brothers and sisters
• (s) not injured unharmed, unhurt, unscathed,
• (s) exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
  • hale and hearty
  • whole in mind and body
  • a whole person again
  hale,
• (s) acting together as a single undiversified whole
  • a solid voting bloc
  unanimous, solid,

Nouns

• (n) all of something including all its component elements or parts
  • Europe considered as a whole
  • the whole of American literature
• (n) 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
  unit,

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Words of close approximity