whole enchilada

ADJECTIVE

complete

Synonyms

STRONGEST

entire exhaustive full outright thorough

STRONG

gross integrated replete undocked

WEAK

all faultless full dress imperforate intact integral lock stock and barrel organic plenary the works thoroughgoing unabbreviated unabridged unbroken uncondensed uncut undiminished undivided unexpurgated unimpaired unitary unreduced whole whole nine yards whole-hog whole-length

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incomplete

WEAK

defective deficient imperfect lacking missing needy short unfinished wanting

ADJECTIVE

gross

Synonyms

STRONGEST

before deductions before tax

STRONG

complete entire total whole

WEAK

aggregate all in sum whole ball of wax whole nine yards whole schmear whole shebang

Antonyms

STRONGEST

net

STRONG

incomplete part

WEAK

partial

ADJECTIVE

unabbreviated

Synonyms

WEAK

all entire exhaustive faultless full full dress gross imperforate intact integral integrated lock stock and barrel organic outright plenary replete the works thorough thoroughgoing unabridged unbroken uncensored uncondensed uncut undiminished undivided undocked unexpurgated unimpaired unitary unreduced whole whole nine yards whole-hog whole-length

ADJECTIVE

uncensored

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exhaustive uncut

WEAK

all entire faultless full full dress gross imperforate intact integral integrated lock stock and barrel organic outright plenary replete the works thorough thoroughgoing unabbreviated unabridged unbroken uncondensed undiminished undivided undocked unexpurgated unimpaired unitary unreduced whole whole hog whole nine yards whole-length

ADJECTIVE

uncut

Synonyms

STRONGEST

uncensored

WEAK

all entire exhaustive faultless full full dress gross imperforate intact integral integrated lock stock and barrel organic outright plenary replete the works thorough thoroughgoing unabbreviated unabridged unbroken uncondensed undiminished undivided undocked unexpurgated unimpaired unitary unreduced whole whole hog whole nine yards whole-length

ADJECTIVE

unexpurgated

Synonyms

WEAK

all entire exhaustive faultless full full dress gross imperforate intact integral integrated lock stock and barrel organic outright plenary replete the works thorough thoroughgoing unabbreviated unabridged unbroken uncensored uncondensed uncut undiminished undivided undocked unimpaired unitary unreduced whole whole hog whole nine yards whole-length

NOUN

aggregate

Synonyms

STRONG

accumulation agglomerate agglomeration amount assemblage body bulk combination conglomerate conglomeration gross heap lump mass mixture pile quantity sum total totality whole

WEAK

all the works whole ball of wax whole schmear whole shooting match

Antonyms

STRONG

fraction part

WEAK

individual one

NOUN

all

Synonyms

STRONGEST

everyone everything group total

WEAK

accumulation aggregate aggregation collection ensemble entirety gross integer jackpot lock stock and barrel mass quantity sum sum total unit utmost whole ball of wax whole nine yards whole schmear whole shooting match whole show works

Antonyms

WEAK

none zero zilch zip

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 bit whole nine yards

Antonyms

STRONG

fraction incompleteness part

WEAK

partiality section

NOUN

everything

Synonyms

STRONGEST

all business lot

WEAK

aggregate all in all all that all things complex each thing every little thing fixins' lock stock and barrel many things sum the works total universe whole whole ball of wax whole caboodle whole lot whole shebang

Antonyms

WEAK

nothing

NOUN

whole

Synonyms

STRONGEST

entity

STRONG

aggregate aggregation all amount assemblage assembly being body bulk coherence combination complex ensemble entirety fullness gross integral jackpot linkage lot lump oneness organism organization piece quantity quantum result sum summation supply system totality unit unity

WEAK

big picture collectivity everything lock stock and barrel sum total the works whole ball of wax whole nine yards whole shebang

Antonyms

STRONG

abstract concept disorganization fraction inanimate incompleteness individual one part partiality

Example Sentences

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“Rescheduling is not the whole enchilada but it would be a big deal,” wrote analysts for Beacon Policy Advisors in a research note this week.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

Now, Musk says he wants the whole enchilada because of the site’s “potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022

"It's not the siloed issues. It's the whole enchilada."

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2021

But Cohen, who worked closely with Weisselberg, has long said that nothing happened at the Trump Org without Trump’s signoff — and he doesn’t believe the current indictments are the whole enchilada.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021

We have been given nineteen rooms to clean, most of them “checkouts,” as opposed to “stay-overs,” and requiring the whole enchilada of bed stripping, vacuuming, and bathroom scrubbing.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

whole enchilada

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