It almost scared me not to see you online for a whole day.
Source: tatoeba (1407)
Whole
/həʊl/
Synonyms for "whole" (362 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (73)
a certainabsoluteaccountacross the boardacross-the-boardadmissibilityadmissionadmitting no exceptionaggregateallall comprehensiveall embracingall handsall inclusiveall outall the worldall-comprehensiveall-embracingall-inclusiveall-out
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amountamplitudeananyany oneassimilationatomicbe-all and end-allbeingblanketbodybox scorebulkbunkumcastcategoricalcensuscertainclearcoherencecohesioncompendiouscompletecompletenesscomplexcomponentscompositioncomprehensioncomprehensivecomprehensivenesscomprisalconcentratedconclusiveconstituentconstituents
Adverb(3 words)
Noun(9 words)
all ofca completcatalan totalcomplete animalcomplete beingcomplete beingscomplete controlcomplete detailscomplete mandatory assignment
Verb(1 words)
amounting to a sum
Strong matches (108)
contentcontentscountcoveragedecideddecisivedefinitedefinitivedeterminatedevelopeddifferencedivisiondivisionsdownrighteitherelementseligibilityembodimentembracementencompassment
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encyclopedicensembleentireentiretyentityenvisagementevery man jackeverybodyeveryoneexclusiveexhaustiveexhaustivenessexplicitexpressextentfaultlessfinalfitfixedflatflat outflat-outflawlessforcefullfull fledgedfull grownfull scalefull-fledgedfull-grownfull-scaleglobalgoodgrossgutshalehealthinesshealthyholisticimplicitinappealableinclusioninclusiveinclusivenessincorporationindexindisputableindividualindivisibleingredientingredientsinnardsinsidesintactintegralintegrateintegratedintegrationintegrity
Adjective(22 words)
counting numberentireentire energyentire populationentire setentire substanceentire sumentiretyfullfull answerfull circlefull coursefull populationhaleintact animalintact nonagricultural ecosystemintact organism modelintact teamintact textintact tissue
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intact wholeinteger
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (181)
inventoryirreducibleitemslinkagelistlonemagnitudemassmattermaturematuredmeasuremeasurementmembershipmonadicmonisticnumbernumbersomnibusone
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one and allone and indivisibleonenessopennessorbicularorganismorganizationout-and-outoutrightover-alloverallpanoramicpartparticipationpartsperemptoryperfectplenarypositiveproductquantityquantumreceptionreckoningresultresultantrightriperoundroundedsafesanescoreself-containedsimplesinglesingularsolesolidsolitarysoundstraightstraight outstraight-outstrengthsubdivisionsubstancesumsum totalsummationsupplysweepingsynopticsystemtaletallythe bottom linethe storythe whole storytolerancetolerationtotaltotalitytotetout le mondetranscendentunabbreviatedunanalyzableunblemishedunbrokenuncircumscribedunconditionalunconditioneduncutundamagedundiminishedundistractedundividedundoubtingunequivocalunexpurgatedunhamperedunhesitatingunhurtuniformunimpaireduninjureduniqueunitaryunityuniversalunlimitedunmarredunmistakableunmitigatedunqualifiedunquestioningunreservedunrestrictedunspoiledunswervinguntouchedunwaivableutterwellwell-roundedwholesomewithout exceptionwithout omissionwithout reservex number
Noun(20 words)
more aggregatemore intactmore totalout ofportuguese totalremain intactremaining intactthe wholetotal energy budgettotal energy consumption trendtotal energy consumptionstotal energy storetotal spacetotal sumtotal the billtotal tototalsunabridgedsunitwholeness
Determiner(5 words)
more total energiesno fractional partthe totalthe whole entitythe whole set
Adjective(22 words)
nonfractionaloveralloverall trendromanian totalsolidspanish totalsumtodatotaltotal amounttotal counttotal energy consumption figuretotal numbertotal populationtotal scoreunabridged playunanimousundecomposedunfragmentedunharmed
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: a certain, absolute, account, across the board, across-the-board.
- Sentence evidence is available for whole, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from moby, derived_reverse, wordnet, opengloss, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "whole".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "whole"
Keep "whole" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "whole" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "whole", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "whole" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
9 entriesMore specific
9 entriesCollocations
8 entriesas a wholethe whole truthwhole amountwhole classwhole datasetwhole milkwhole numberwhole wheat
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriessimilar
13 entriesTranslations
131 translations across 89 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- krejt adj (entire)
- tërë adj (entire)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὅλος adj (entire)
Arabic
2 entries- كَامِل adj (entire)
- كُلّ adj (entire)
Armenian
3 entries- ամբողջ adj (entire)
- ողջ adj (entire)
- սաղ adj (entire)
Aromanian
2 entries- ntreg adj (entire)
- ãntreg adj (entire)
Assamese
2 entries- আটাই adj (entire)
- গোটেই adj (entire)
Avar
1 entries- сахаб adj (entire)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bütöv adj (entire)
Bashkir
1 entries- бөтөн adj (entire)
Basque
1 entries- oso adj (entire)
Belarusian
2 entries- по́ўны adj (entire)
- цэ́лы adj (entire)
Bikol Central
1 entries- bilog adj (entire)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ця́л adj (entire)
Catalan
2 entries- sencer adj (entire)
- tot adj (entire)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎬᏩᏃᏍᏓ adj (entire)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 全部 adj (entire)
- 整個 /整个 adj (entire)
Czech
2 entries- celý adj (entire)
- úplný adj (entire)
Dalmatian
1 entries- intric adj (entire)
Danish
1 entries- hel adj (entire)
Dutch
1 entries- heel adj (entire)
Esperanto
1 entries- tuta adj (entire)
Finnish
2 entries- koko adj (entire)
- kokonainen adj (entire)
French
2 entries- entier adj (entire)
- tout adj (entire)
Friulian
1 entries- intîr adj (entire)
Galician
1 entries- enteiro adj (entire)
Georgian
3 entries- მთელი adj (entire)
- მთლიანი adj (entire)
- სრული adj (entire)
German
1 entries- ganz adj (entire)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 adj (entire)
Greek
1 entries- ολόκληρος adj (entire)
Hebrew
2 entries- שלם adj (entire)
- תם adj (entire)
Hindi
1 entries- सारा adj (entire)
Hungarian
2 entries- egész adj (entire)
- teljes adj (entire)
Icelandic
1 entries- allur adj (entire)
Ido
1 entries- tota adj (entire)
Indonesian
2 entries- antero adj (entire)
- seluruh adj (entire)
Irish
2 entries- go léir adj (entire)
- iomlán adj (entire)
Italian
1 entries- intero adj (entire)
Japanese
1 entries- 全体の adj (entire)
Kashubian
1 entries- cały adj (entire)
Khmer
1 entries- ទាំងមូល adj (entire)
Korean
1 entries- 전체 adj (entire)
Ladin
2 entries- intier adj (entire)
- ntier adj (entire)
Latin
4 entries- cunctus adj (entire)
- integer adj (entire)
- tōtus adj (entire)
- universus adj (entire)
Latvian
2 entries- vesels adj (entire)
- viss adj (entire)
Lezgi
1 entries- сагъ adj (entire)
Lithuanian
1 entries- visuminis adj (entire)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- ceły adj (entire)
Macedonian
1 entries- цел adj (entire)
Malay
1 entries- seluruh adj (entire)
Māori
2 entries- katoa adj (entire)
- tūtahi adj (entire)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- -ontsi adj (entire)
Norman
1 entries- entchi adj (entire)
Norwegian
1 entries- hel adj (entire)
Occitan
1 entries- entièr adj (entire)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- цѣлъ adj (entire)
Old Czech
1 entries- cělý adj (entire)
Old English
1 entries- eall adj (entire)
Old Irish
2 entries- imlán adj (entire)
- óg adj (entire)
Old Norse
1 entries- allr adj (entire)
Ossetian
1 entries- ӕгас adj (entire)
Persian
2 entries- تمام adj (entire)
- سراسر adj (entire)
Polabian
1 entries- ganz adj (entire)
Polish
1 entries- cały adj (entire)
Portuguese
1 entries- inteiro adj (entire)
Romanian
1 entries- întreg adj (entire)
Romansch
1 entries- entir adj (entire)
Russian
4 entries- весь adj (entire)
- по́лный adj (entire)
- це́лостный adj (entire)
- це́лый adj (entire)
Sanskrit
2 entries- विश्व adj (entire)
- सर्व adj (entire)
Sardinian
1 entries- interu adj (entire)
Scots
1 entries- hail adj (entire)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- cȅo adj (entire)
- це̏о adj (entire)
Sicilian
1 entries- nteru adj (entire)
Slovak
2 entries- celý adj (entire)
- úplný adj (entire)
Slovene
1 entries- cel adj (entire)
Spanish
1 entries- entero adj (entire)
Swahili
2 entries- -ote adj (entire)
- -zima adj (entire)
Swedish
1 entries- hel adj (entire)
Tabasaran
1 entries- сагъиб adj (entire)
Tajik
1 entries- тамом adj (entire)
Telugu
1 entries- మొత్తం adj (entire)
Tooro
1 entries- -ona adj (entire)
Turkish
3 entries- bütün adj (entire)
- tam adj (entire)
- tüm adj (entire)
Ukrainian
2 entries- по́вний adj (entire)
- ці́лий adj (entire)
Urdu
1 entries- سارا adj (entire)
Venetan
4 entries- intier adj (entire)
- intiero adj (entire)
- intrego adj (entire)
- intriego adj (entire)
Vietnamese
2 entries- toàn bộ adj (entire)
- toàn thể adj (entire)
Welsh
2 entries- cyfan adj (entire)
- holl adj (entire)
West-Frisian
1 entries- hiel adj (entire)
Zazaki
1 entries- pêro (diq) adj (entire)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Source: tatoeba (1791)
I spent the whole afternoon chatting with friends.
Source: tatoeba (2114)
You have been thinking about this problem the whole morning. Take a break; go eat lunch.
Source: tatoeba (2192)
Showing 4 of 25 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "whole"?
Closest matches include a certain, absolute, account, across the board, across-the-board.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "whole"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.