whole bit

NOUN

entirety

Synonyms

STRONG

absoluteness aggregate completeness complex comprehensiveness ensemble entireness fullness gross intactness integrality integrity oneness perfection plenitude sum total totality unity universality

WEAK

all allness collectiveness collectivity everything omneity omnitude sum total the works undividedness whole ball of wax whole enchilada whole nine yards

Antonyms

STRONG

fraction incompleteness part

WEAK

partiality section

NOUN

whole caboodle

Synonyms

WEAK

all of it full measure full monty kit and caboodle limit whole ball of wax whole deal whole hog whole kit and boodle whole kit and caboodle whole mess whole nine yards whole shebang whole shooting match whole show whole shtick works

Example Sentences

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Since The Couch is not in the Freud Museum, O’Brien returns to the room and does a whole bit using a blow-up mattress.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

And if you’re enough of a Python fan to have also seen “Spamalot,” the 2005 Broadway musical “lovingly ripped off” from the film, you’ve probably memorized the whole bit.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2023

But the whole bit just breaks the mood.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2018

You know, running up the score and that whole bit.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2018

Even though it wasn’t that cold, Mrs. Bernoffski was completely swaddled—long black coat, hat, scarf, the whole bit.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

whole bit

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