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through and through

ADVERB
backwards and forwards
Synonyms
WEAK
assiduously completely comprehensively from A to Z from top to bottom fully in and out inside out thoroughly up and down whole hog
ADVERB
fully
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absolutely entirely perfectly positively quite thoroughly totally wholly
WEAK
all out all the way altogether every inch from A to Z from soup to nuts intimately outright royal utterly with heart and soul without exaggeration
Antonyms
STRONGEST
incompletely partially
WEAK
inadequately insufficiently partly
ADVERB
inside out
Synonyms
WEAK
backwards and forwards completely entirely from A to Z from top to bottom thoroughly
ADVERB
thoroughly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assiduously carefully completely comprehensively conscientiously earnestly efficiently extremely fully highly intensely intensively meticulously painstakingly scrupulously very wholly
WEAK
all exceedingly exceptionally flat out from A to Z from top to bottom hard hugely in and out in detail inside out notably remarkably strikingly sweepingly throughout unremittingly up and down whole hog
Antonyms
STRONGEST
incompletely little partially partly
WEAK
deficiently inadequately inexhaustively superficially
ADJECTIVE
dyed-in-the-wool
Synonyms
WEAK
absolute complete confirmed congenital deep-down deep-dyed deep-rooted deep-seated deeply ingrained die-hard entrenched fixed full-fledged genuine hardened infixed ingrained instilled long-standing out and out thorough thoroughgoing through-and-through to the core true unchangeable uncompromising utter well-established
ADJECTIVE
out-and-out
Synonyms
WEAK
absolute arrant consummate downright full outright perfect thorough thoroughgoing through-and-through total uncompromising undiminished unmitigated unqualified utter whole

Example Sentences

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"I had no plans on playing football. I was a soccer player through and through," Little tells BBC Sport.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

"He had a really good temperament, showed respect to everyone, trained properly and was Villa through and through."

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

And Susan Collins is a Republican, through and through.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025

Staico is a Philly guy through and through.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025

“Dumbledore’s man through and through, aren’t you, Potter?”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling