Whole definition

Whole as an adjective

1. including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

   "gave his whole attention"

2. (of siblings) having the same parents

   "whole brothers and sisters"

3. not injured or harmed

   Same sense: unharmed, unscathed, unhurt

4. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

   "whole in mind and body"

   Same sense: hale

5. acting together as a single undiversified whole

   Same sense: solid, unanimous

Whole as a noun

6. all of something including all its component elements or parts

   "Europe considered as a whole"

7. an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

   "how big is that part compared to the whole?"

   Same sense: unit

Whole as an adverb

8. to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely

   "a whole new idea"

   Same sense: all, right, completely, totally, entirely, altogether, wholly

Synonyms and antonyms

• unharmed
• unscathed
• unhurt
• hale
• solid
• unanimous
• unit
• all
• right definition
• completely
• totally
• entirely
• altogether
• wholly

Opposites: fractional, half.

All synonyms of whole, sense by sense

How to say whole

Whole has 1 syllable and rhymes with control. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with whole

• control
• role
• goal
• soul
• roll
• hole
• bowl
• coal
• poll
• sole
• pole
• stole

All 64 words that rhyme with whole

WHOLE in word games

Scrabble

11

Words With Friends

11

Anagrams

0

Is WHOLE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check WHOLE in the word checker, or unscramble WHOLE to see the shorter words in its letters.