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all over

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of all over

1 in every place or in all places
  • I've looked all over—even outside—and I can't find my other shoe.
Synonyms of all over

everyplace, everywhere, far and wide, high and low, throughout
Words Related to all over

every which way

right and left
Phrases Synonymous with all over

all over the place (or map), far and near, in every corner (or quarter), on all hands (or on every hand)
Antonyms of all over

nowhere
2 to a full extent or degree
  • His writing style is his mentor's all over.
Synonyms of all over

all, all of, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entirely, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, fully, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb [chiefly dialect], quite, soundly, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, well, wholly, wide
Words Related to all over

absolutely, categorically, cold, downright, hands down, plain, stone, stone-cold, unqualifiedly

basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, more or less, mostly, overall, predominantly, predominately, primarily, principally, substantially

abundantly, copiously, generously, greatly
Phrases Synonymous with all over

all the way, at length, down the line, down to the ground, for fair, in whole, to bits, to pieces, to the hilt, to the max
Near Antonyms of all over

barely, hardly, just, kind of, marginally, minimally, scarcely, slightly, superficially

approximately, roughly, somewhat
Antonyms of all over

half, halfway, incompletely, part, partially, partly

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