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The Meaning of whole

  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.
  • (n.) The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.
  • (n.) A regular combination of parts; a system.

Synonyms

unit , social unit , unit of measurement , building block , solid , hale , unharmed , unscathed , unanimous , unhurt , safe and sound , self-colored , consentient , consentaneous , self-coloured , substantial , upstanding , hearty , satisfying , square , firm , strong , all in all , altogether , all told , on the whole , solely , tout ensemble , entirely , completely , totally , in all , exclusively , wholly , all , only , alone , entire , full , total , full-length , full-page , integral , intact , livelong , undivided , complete

Antonyms

half(a) , diversified , fractional , injured , halfway , unhealthy , fragmentary , waist-length , half , divisional , fragmental , aliquot

Homophones

hoel , hohl , hole

Rhymes

amphibole , anatole , atoll , bankroll , blowhole , boal , boehl , bohl , bole , boll , bowl , buol , buttonhole , cajole , casserole , charcoal , coal , coale , cole , colle , console , control , cubbyhole , decontrol , devaul , dhole , dipole , doell , dole , droll , ecole , enroll , espanol , extol , fishbowl , flagpole , foal , foale , fohl , foxhole , glycerol , glycol , goal , gohl , groll , hoel , hohl , hole , interpol , keyhole , knoell , knoll , koehl , koelle , kohl , kol , kole , lodgepole , loophole , madole , manhole , mcdole , metropol , mohl , mole , monopole , nicole , nicolle , nohl , nole , noll , ohl , ole , oriole , pajole , parole , patrol , payroll , pfohl , pigeonhole , pinhole , pistole , poehl , pohl , pole , poll , pothole , redpoll , rock-and-roll , roehl , roell , roelle , rohl , rol , role , roll , rolle , schaul , scroll , self-control , seoul , shoal , shole , sinkhole , skoal , sohl , sole , soul , sowle , stole , stoll , strohl , strole , stroll , tadpole , thoele , thole , toal , toelle , tole , toll , troll , voell , walpole , woehl , wohl