whole

[ hohl ]
/ hoʊl /

adjective

noun

Idioms for whole

Origin of whole

before 900; Middle English hole, hool (adj. and noun), Old English hāl (adj.); cognate with Dutch heel, German heil, Old Norse heill; see hale1, heal; spelling with w reflects dial. form

SYNONYMS FOR whole

1 undiminished, integral, complete.
5 unimpaired, perfect.
8 totality, aggregate. Whole, total mean the entire or complete sum or amount. The whole is all there is; every part, member, aspect; the complete sum, amount, quantity of anything, not divided; the entirety: the whole of one's property, family. Total also means whole, complete amount, or number, but conveys the idea of something added together or added up: The total of their gains amounted to millions.

ANTONYMS FOR whole

1 partial.
8 part.

OTHER WORDS FROM whole

whole·ness, noun self-whole, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH whole

hole whole (see synonym study at hole) (see synonym study at the current entry)

Words nearby whole

whoa, whodunit, whodunnit, whoe'er, whoever, whole, whole ball of wax, the, whole blood, whole brother, whole gale, whole hog

British Dictionary definitions for out of whole cloth

whole
/ (həʊl) /

adjective

adverb

in an undivided or unbroken piece to swallow a plum whole

noun

Derived forms of whole

wholeness, noun

Word Origin for whole

Old English hāl, hǣl; related to Old Frisian hāl, hēl, Old High German heil, Gothic hails; compare hale 1

Medical definitions for out of whole cloth

whole
[ hōl ]

adj.

Not wounded, injured, or impaired; sound or unhurt.
Having been restored; healed.

n.

An entity or system made up of interrelated parts.

Idioms and Phrases with out of whole cloth (1 of 2)

out of whole cloth

From pure fabrication or fiction. This expression is often put as cut (or made) out of whole cloth, as in That story was cut out of whole cloth. In the 15th century this expression referred to something fabricated from cloth that ran the full length of the loom. However, by the 1800s it was common practice for tailors to deceive their customers and, instead of using whole cloth, actually make garments from pieced goods. Their advertising slogan, “cut out of whole cloth,” thus came to mean “made up, false.”

Idioms and Phrases with out of whole cloth (2 of 2)

whole