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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

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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
And then guys all across the United States began to write about it. Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025 With no mourning clothes in her luggage, the Queen had to remain on her plane after landing in London until an all-black outfit was delivered. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
After debuting her first season as a part of the pro dancer slate in 2016 with season 23, Johnson returned to the cast for the long haul for the one-of-its-kind all-athletes installment of DWTS and nabbed the mirrorball trophy alongside Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon. Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025 The all-stock deal will add over $1 billion in revenue from Anywhere’s franchise, title and escrow, and relocation operations to Compass‘ topline, the companies said on Monday. Reuters, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for all
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all
Adverb
  • Until Slot settles on a right-back option, the short-term message is quite clear for Premier League opposition analysts — target Liverpool’s right flank.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • On one level its assessment can be quite subjective, and there’s a degree of connoisseurship.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 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 the arms race for audience’s undivided attention, both single-player and competitive games have become their own self-perpetuating ecosystems.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Adverb
  • The military campaign appeased his far-right coalition partners, who called to expand Israel’s assault on Gaza and dreamed of fully re-occupying the territory.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • After the fire is fully contained, the next step is to control it.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In a matter of hours, the pillars of an entire system of repression had not simply collapsed.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The performance, and the entire show at the Flicker Bar, will be released as part of the Drive-By Truckers’ forthcoming reissue of Decoration Day.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Hecox's efforts to have the case dropped aren't completely over, as SCOTUS must still rule on whether the case is moot.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Tucked within the Turnberry Ocean Club in Sunny Isles, the $30 million duplex sky villa was taken down to the studs and completely customized.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • It was considered immoral to lie and the whole point of writing things down back then was to increase morality and improve society, so there really is no didactic history of forgery.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But even at the time, officials acknowledged students still wouldn’t be able to navigate the whole building.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Once all other explanations had been ruled out—except for a Vitamin D deficiency, our daughter seemed perfectly healthy, and her fracture would heal with time—we were left with a different sort of fear, regarding the care of our children by others.
    Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a chance for Argentina now to put itself on a good economic track if Milei does well in the midterms, but everything has to go perfectly and the administration is essentially looking to keep markets in line until election day, the person said.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025

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“All.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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