whole
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
all of something including all its component elements or parts
Europe considered as a whole
Types & categories
- conception hypernym
- unit hyponym
- compound hyponym
- complex hyponym
Parts & wholes
- division part meronym
Related & opposite
- whole derivation
Sense 2 adjective
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
gave his whole attention
Related & opposite
- complete also see
- fractional antonym
- unity attribute
- whole derivation
- entire similar to
- full-length similar to
- full-page similar to
- intact similar to
- livelong similar to
- undivided similar to
Sense 3 adverb
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly')
he was wholly convinced
Related & opposite
- part antonym
- whole derived from
- entire derived from
- complete derived from
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 4 noun
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity
how big is that part compared to the whole?
Types & categories
- object hypernym
- congener hyponym
- living thing hyponym
- natural object hyponym
- artifact hyponym
- assembly hyponym
- item hyponym
- total hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
(of siblings) having the same parents
whole brothers and sisters
Related & opposite
- half antonym
Sense 6 adjective
not injured
Related & opposite
- uninjured similar to
Sense 7 adjective
exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
hale and hearty
Related & opposite
Sense 8 adjective
acting together as a single undiversified whole
a solid voting bloc
Related & opposite
- whole derivation
- unanimity derivation
- unity derivation
- undiversified similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | whole |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | division |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | conception |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | compound |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | complex |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | complete |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | fractional |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | unity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whole |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | entire |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | full-length |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | full-page |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | intact |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | livelong |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | undivided |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | part |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | whole |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | entire |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | complete |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | unify |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | unitize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mingle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | unanimous |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | part |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | segment |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | congener |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | living thing |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | natural object |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | artifact |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | assembly |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | item |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | total |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | half |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | uninjured |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | haleness |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | healthy |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | whole |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | unanimity |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | unity |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | undiversified |