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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
  • On a roller coaster, the theme park commands your full and undivided attention.
    Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Create intentional phone-free brainstorms or strategy sessions where attention is undivided.
    Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 3 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
  • In other words, Chelsea’s payments for Brighton players and other personnel have covered around 29 per cent, almost a third, of the latter’s spend on new signings across the club’s entire history.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Images of the entire geocorona can't be collected from a satellite in Earth orbit.
    Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The Philadelphia offense looked completely stagnant for much of the game.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But Cozens wasn’t completely deterred by the intensity.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Etihad Park is scheduled to open before the 2027 MLS season, and with it a whole bunch of open dates for the team—and the league—to play with.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • By April, after more issues with the program came to light, the sheriff suspended their participation, which halted the whole program.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 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 30 Sep. 2025.

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