Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 50 (Whole)

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#50. Whole. [Principal part.] -- N. whole, totality, integrity; totalness &c. adj[obs].; entirety, ensemble, collectiveness[obs]; unity &c. 87; completeness &c. 52; indivisibility, indiscerptibility[obs]; integration, embodiment; integer.

all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, " be all and end all "; complex, complexus [obs]; lock stock and barrel.

bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages[obs]; trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part; essential part &c. (importance). 642; lion's share, Benjamin's mess; the long and the short; nearly, all, almost all.

V. form a whole, constitute a whole; integrate, embody, amass; aggregate &c. (assemble) 72; amount to, come to.

Adj. whole, total, integral, entire; complete &c. 52; one, individual.

unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered[obs], unclipped[obs], uncropped, unshorn; seamless; undiminished; undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised.

indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable[obs], indiscerptible[obs].

wholesale, sweeping; comprehensive.

Adv. wholly, altogether; totally &c. (completely) 52; entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together; in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run; en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily|!, en bloc, in extenso[Lat], throughout, every inch; substantially.

Phr. tout bien ou rien[Fr].