whole

adjentire, complete

adjunbroken, perfect
adjhealthy
nountotal made up of parts

Synonyms for whole

adj entire, complete

Antonyms for whole

Word Origin & History

Old English hal "entire, unhurt, healthy," from Proto-Germanic *khailaz "undamaged" (cf. Old Saxon hel, Old Norse heill, Old Frisian hal, Middle Dutch hiel, Dutch heel, Old High German, German heil "salvation, welfare"), from PIE *koilas (cf. Old Church Slavonic celu "whole, complete;" see health). The spelling with wh- developed early 15c. The sense in whole number is from early 14c. For phrase whole hog, see hog.

Example Sentences for whole

If it may be avoided, I will not see the whole of your youth consumed in anxious watchings.

During the whole of the ensuing day, Paralus continued in a deep sleep.

The whole rested on a golden image of Atlas, bending beneath the weight.

In fact, a large portion of the whole book was built on that anecdote.

I've got a New York paper giving an account of the whole thing.

I think, on the whole, I shan't be obliged to learn to braid straw.

Now it assembles the blossoms of a whole long year to bewilder and allure.

He had the air of laying at her feet, as a rug, the whole glorious history of France.

It proved to be a sign some twenty feet high and a whole block long.

Whole tribes and clans were wiped out by hunger and cold and want.

whole

Synonyms for whole

Antonyms for whole

aggregate

aggregates

all

all right

alpha and omega

whole

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Antonyms for whole

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aggregate

aggregates

all

all right

alpha and omega

Synonyms for whole

a lot