Dictionary Entry
whole
whole is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as adjective, noun, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.
- 2adjective
Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.
- 3adjective
Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.
- 4noun
The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.
- 5noun
A regular combination of parts; a system.
- 6noun
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"
"the team is a unit"
Synonyms
- 7noun
all of something including all its component elements or parts
"Europe considered as a whole"
"the whole of American literature"
- 8adjective
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
"gave his whole attention"
"a whole wardrobe for the tropics"
- 9adjective
(of siblings) having the same parents
"whole brothers and sisters"
- 10adjective
acting together as a single undiversified whole
"a solid voting bloc"
- 11adjective
exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
"hale and hearty"
"whole in mind and body"
Synonyms
- 12adjective
not injured
- 13adverb
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
"he was wholly convinced"
"entirely satisfied with the meal"
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