whole

Adjective

• acting together as a single undiversified whole
  • a solid voting bloc
    

• exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
  • hale and hearty
    
  • whole in mind and body
    
  • a whole person again
    

• not injured

• (of siblings) having the same parents
  • whole brothers and sisters
    

• 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
    
  • the whole hog
    
  • a whole week
    
  • the baby cried the whole trip home
    
  • a whole loaf of bread
    

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
    
  • 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
    

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
    

• all of something including all its component elements or parts
  • Europe considered as a whole
    
  • the whole of American literature
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  solid , unanimous , hale , unharmed , unhurt , unscathed , wholly , entirely , completely , totally , all , altogether , unit
• Antonyms: 
  half , fractional , partially , partly , part