WHOLE


Meaning of WHOLE in English

n.

Function: noun

1 the total supply or amount FF1C; the whole of our creative literature FF1E;

Synonyms: aggregate, all, be-all and end-all, entirety, gross, sum, sum total, tale, total, totality, ||tote

Related Words: 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 FF1C; stars, planets, galaxies -- all but parts of one stupendous whole, the universe FF1E;

Synonyms: entity, integral, integrate, sum, system, totality; compare SYSTEM 1

Related Words: being, organism, organization; coherence, cohesion, linkage; unity

Contrasted Words: accumulation, aggregation, heap, pile, mass; section, segment; selection

Antonyms: part; agglomeration

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