I. adjective
1.
free from damage, defect, or flaw
feared the eggs were broken but found them whole
Synonyms: entire, flawless, good, intact, perfect, sound, unblemished, unbroken, undamaged, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred, untouched
Related Word: complete, plenary; healthy, well
Contrasted words: broken, damaged, defective, impaired, injured, marred
2.
Synonyms: healthy 1, ||bunkum, fit, hale, right, sane, well, well-conditioned, well-liking, wholesome
3.
lacking nothing that properly belongs to it
the effect of the whole mural
Synonyms: choate, complete, entire, full, integral, perfect
Related Word: orbicular, rounded, well-rounded
Antonyms: partial
4.
including every constituent element or individual
the whole community rose to his defense
Synonyms: all, complete, entire, gross, outright, total
Antonyms: partial
5.
not scattered or dispersed
gave the matter her whole attention
Synonyms: concentrated, exclusive, fixed, undistracted, undivided, unswerving
II. noun
1.
the total supply or amount
the whole of our creative literature
Synonyms: aggregate, all, be-all and end-all, entirety, gross, sum, sum total, tale, total, totality, ||tote
Related Word: amount, supply; result, resultant, summation; bulk, mass, quantity, quantum
Contrasted words: detail, division, fraction, fragment, portion, section, segment, share
Antonyms: part
2.
an organized array of parts or elements forming or functioning as a unit
stars, planets, galaxies -- all but parts of one stupendous whole, the universe
Synonyms: entity, integral, integrate, sum, system, totality; compare system 1
Related Word: being, organism, organization; coherence, cohesion, linkage; unity
Contrasted words: accumulation, aggregation, heap, pile, mass; section, segment; selection
Antonyms: part; agglomeration