the whole enchilada

noun

US, informal

: the entire thing : everything

The celebration included music, food, fireworks—the whole enchilada.

The team has a good chance in the playoffs and may win the whole enchilada this year.

Examples of the whole enchilada in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For anyone that missed the finale, the Star-Telegram recapped the whole enchilada. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026

Artificial general intelligence simply represents the whole enchilada. — Eric Siegel, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

The goal should have always been to keep as many people as possible locked in to cable deals — with streaming a source of extra revenue and not the whole enchilada — for as long as possible. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024

And that, dear readers, is more or less the whole enchilada of how Ars Technica is currently hosted in the clouds. — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2023

In process groups, engaging with others is the whole enchilada. — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023

Rhymes for the whole enchilada

• armada
• entrada
• espada
• hamada
• jornada
• kannada
• posada
• quebrada
• ramada
• sagrada
• arthropoda
• intifada