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all

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adjective

all

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pronoun

as in everyone
every person a joyous holiday to one and all!

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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How is the word all distinct from other similar adjectives?

Some common synonyms of all are entire, total, and whole. While all these words mean "including everything or everyone without exception," all may equal whole, entire, or total.

all proceeds go to charity

When might entire be a better fit than all?

The synonyms entire and all are sometimes interchangeable, but entire may suggest a state of completeness or perfection to which nothing can be added.

the entire population was wiped out

When could total be used to replace all?

In some situations, the words total and all are roughly equivalent. However, total implies that everything has been counted, weighed, measured, or considered.

the total number of people present

Where would whole be a reasonable alternative to all?

While in some cases nearly identical to all, whole implies that nothing has been omitted, ignored, abated, or taken away.

read the whole book

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of all
Adverb
Experience spine-chilling thrills in Scare Zones and the all-new maze Order of the Dragon. Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2025 The helium didn’t go out of the bubble all at once. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The classic all-white kitchen has been around for more than a century. Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025 In a video shared to InStyle's TikTok, Fraser, dressed in a casual all-black outfit, could be seen filming the lineup of models walking past him. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for all
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all
Adverb
  • Another thing is that the robots in Lai’s experiments were identical, while in a real-world work cell, robotic teams are quite often heterogeneous.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Overall, reviewers believe that Squarespace is quite user-friendly enough for small enterprises but may not fit the scaling needs of larger organizations.
    Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • California would drop two seats and Illinois and New York would each lose one.
    Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The House and Senate each passed the BBB by razor thin margins with most votes on party lines.
    Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • In a letter sent Tuesday to members of Congress, the watchdog group emphasized the need for undivided attention on resolving the funding crisis.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • On a roller coaster, the theme park commands your full and undivided attention.
    Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The traffic itself generally keeps moving rather than fully stopping.
    Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Microsoft has built Copilot into Edge, OpenAI is testing a sandboxed browser in agent mode and Perplexity's Comet is one of the first to fully embrace the concept of browsing for you.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The fact Nuno did not have the opportunity to work with his entire squad last summer — only two new additions had arrived in time to join the training camp in Portugal — played a role in the breakdown of his relationship with the Forest hierarchy.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • California made the most sense as a starting point because of its historic extended producer responsibility, or EPR, legislation—the first in the United States to hold textile producers liable for the cost of their products’ entire life cycle, including their diversion and disposal.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The second planet from the sun has a completely inhospitable surface, with temperatures reaching 863 degrees Fahrenheit (462 degrees Celsius) and a crushing pressure underneath an oppressively thick atmosphere.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Use an offset spatula to spread the batter in an even layer, completely covering the fruit.
    Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Britani, who has been all too quiet this whole time, sees an opening to make it about her, and thank god for that.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The belief is that it was gifted by King Umberto, one of the last kings of Italy, to that family, and stayed in the family’s possession for that whole time.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Boise State sacked Swann five times, and cornerback A’Marion McCoy victimized him with the first pick-six, reading a pass to the right flat perfectly to intercept it and returning it 26 yards untouched for a touchdown in the first half.
    Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Nothing engraves glass as uniformly and perfectly as UV lasers.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025

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“All.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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