adj. 1 entire, complete, uncut, full, intact, unbroken, total I can't believe she ate the whole chicken Were you here the whole time? 2 in one piece, intact, unharmed, undamaged, unscathed, unimpaired, unhurt, uninjured How could anyone emerge whole from that smash-up? 3 well, healthy, sound, fit, strong The surgeons have made him whole again
n. 4 everything, aggregate, (sum) total, totality, lot, entirety; ensemble; Colloq whole kit and caboodle I look at the whole and don't bother about petty details 5 on the whole. largely, mostly, usually, more often than not, for the most part, in general, generally, by and large, with few exceptions, all things considered, all in all, as a rule, chiefly, mainly, in the main, predominantly On the whole, our clients collect only originals, not copies or prints