Definitions

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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He is United through and through, so will know the task in hand and will not be afraid to make hard decisions.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

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

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

Today, he considers himself Chicano through and through.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

And Susan Collins is a Republican, through and through.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025

Pearly told everyone who would listen that he was 100 percent Indian — Hindu Marwari through and through.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

through and through

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