whole

1. Including all components without exception;
   Being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration;
   Complete (synset 300516809)
   "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"
   also: complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step
   tells us about: integrity, unity, wholeness - an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
   similar to:

   • entire, full, total - constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
   • full-length - representing or accommodating the entire length
   • full-page - occupying an entire page in a book or paper
   • entire, intact, integral - constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged
   • livelong - (of time) constituting the full extent or duration
   • undivided - not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit
2. (of siblings) having the same parents (synset 300519841)
   "whole brothers and sisters"
3. Not injured or harmed (synset 301322654)
   similar to: uninjured - not injured physically or mentally
   same as: unharmed, unhurt, unscathed
4. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health (synset 301174940)
   "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
   similar to: healthy - having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
   same as: hale
5. Acting together as a single undiversified whole (synset 300787771)
   "a solid voting bloc"
   similar to: undiversified - not diversified
   same as: solid, unanimous

1. All of something including all its component elements or parts (synset 105878206)
   "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
   is a type of: concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
   subtypes:

   • unit - a single undivided whole
   • compound - a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
   • complex, composite - a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
   has: division, part, section - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
2. An assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity (synset 100003553)
   "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
   is a type of: object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
   subtypes:

   • congener - a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another
   • animate thing, living thing - a living (or once living) entity
   • natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man
   • artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
   • assembly - a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together
   • item - a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection
   • aggregate, sum, total, totality - the whole amount
   has:

   • part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact
   • section, segment - one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
   same as: unit

1. To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') (synset 400008423)
   "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap"
   same as: all, altogether, completely, entirely, right, totally, wholly

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