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

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. 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.
3. adjective. Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.
4. noun. The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.
5. noun. A regular combination of parts; a system.
6. noun. 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: unit

7. noun. all of something including all its component elements or parts

   "Europe considered as a whole"

   "the whole of American literature"

8. adjective. 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"

9. adjective. (of siblings) having the same parents

   "whole brothers and sisters"

10. adjective. acting together as a single undiversified whole

    "a solid voting bloc"

    Synonyms: solid, unanimous

11. adjective. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

    "hale and hearty"

    "whole in mind and body"

    Synonyms: hale

12. adjective. not injured

    Synonyms: unharmed, unhurt, unscathed

13. adverb. 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"

    Synonyms: all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, wholly

Synonyms

unit, solid, unanimous, hale, unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, all, altogether, completely, entirely, totally, wholly

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in whole:

howel

Common word forms

wholes, wholely, wholeness

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