Definition of altogethernext
1
2
3

altogether

2 of 2

noun

as in nudity
the state of having no clothes on one's body had never posed in the altogether for a photographer before

Synonyms & Similar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of altogether
Adverb
If businesses cannot tell which practices are covered, the safe response is to stop personalizing altogether, and the first thing to disappear will be the discounts, not the surcharges. Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026 The $111 billion merger has divided Hollywood amid a legal battle from the State of California to stop the deal altogether. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
According to my calculations, the White House methodology yields the absurd conclusion that eliminating the corporate tax altogether would boost annual household wages by up to $20,000. Jason Furman, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2017 See All Example Sentences for altogether
Recent Examples of Synonyms for altogether
Adverb
  • The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning that applies to more than 1 million people in San Diego County, mostly across inland valleys, foothills and mountains where high temperatures will approach or exceed 95 to 114 degrees.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • After all, horror isn’t exactly a Broadway staple and producers have mostly given up that particular ghost.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Russian forces have long targeted the strategic cities of Kostyantynivka, Kramatorsk and Sloviansk as part of a push to completely capture the Donetsk Oblast, one of the Kremlin’s key objectives in the conflict.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which was directed by Robert Zemeckis with animation overseen by Richard Williams, takes every aspect of itself, even the zany silliness of cartoons, completely seriously, while never losing sight of the fun.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • The same circle of dealers also sold artworks to the Metropolitan Museum, where the New York District Attorney’s Office seized five antiquities valued collectively at more than $3 million in 2022; those included a gold sarcophagus.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Despite collectively making up about 95% of the universe's contents, dark matter and dark energy aren't visible to us.
    Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The selfie is carefully cropped at the waist, narrowly skirting past Instagram’s community guidelines on nudity.
    Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Aug. 2026
  • That doesn’t necessarily mean doing nudity, which Variety said isn’t something found on her account.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Today, other drugs are more often deployed, chiefly benzodiazepines or the benzodiazepine Clonazepam, which also render a person zombie-like and more reliably submissive.
    Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond overall car performance, a pressing concern for Cadillac this year has been reliability, chiefly recurring brake overheating issues (below).
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • It's been quite a disappointing year for home shoppers who waited since 2023 for rates to cool off.
    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • However, the approach is marred by low throughput, and the process is also quite complex to execute.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • The report’s authors said promise-keeping, more than promise-speed, seems to drive the purchase decision overall.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The San Francisco Bay Area still leads in raw AI-specialist numbers and has a higher concentration of AI job postings overall (26%, versus 17% in New York).
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Her biggest challenges seemed to be getting the rest of the NBA to take her seriously after previously partying with her father’s girlfriends and posing nude for Playboy magazine.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Very deep shades can make lips look smaller, and ultrapale nudes may wash you out.
    Jenny Berg, Glamour, 18 Aug. 2026

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Altogether.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altogether. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!