whole

Including every part of something, with nothing left out.

• I ate the whole apple.
• The whole family came to dinner.
• Did you spend the whole day at home?

Similar words: entire, complete

Opposites: partial

Common phrases: the whole day, the whole family, my whole life, the whole story

Healthy and not hurt or damaged in body or mind.

• She felt whole again after her recovery.
• He returned from battle whole in body.
• The treatment helped restore her to a whole and healthy state.

Similar words: healthy, uninjured, sound

Opposites: injured, damaged

Common phrases: whole in body, whole in mind, feel whole again

All of something, including every part or the entire amount.

• I read the whole of the book.
• Snow covered the whole of the valley.
• We spent the whole of Sunday cleaning.

How to use it: the whole of something (Rain spread across the whole of the country.)

Similar words: all, entirety

Opposites: part

Common phrases: the whole of, the whole amount, throughout the whole

A complete thing made from all its parts.

• The parts form a whole.
• The pictures and text create a pleasing whole.
• Consider the system as a whole before changing individual parts.

Similar words: unit, entity

Opposites: part

Common phrases: a coherent whole, as a whole, a unified whole

Completely, without cutting or breaking something into smaller pieces.

• Swallow the tablet whole.
• The snake swallowed its prey whole.
• We roasted the fish whole with some herbs.

Similar words: in one piece, entirely

Common phrases: swallow something whole, cook something whole, roast something whole