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whole idea

NOUN

justification

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apology approval argument basis confirmation explanation pretext rationale rationalization vindication

STRONG

absolution account acquittal advocacy answer apologia cop-out defense exculpation exoneration extenuation grounds idea mitigation palliation palliative plea rebuttal reply response sanctification story support validation warrant wherefore

WEAK

raison d'être song and dance whatfor whitewashing why and wherefore

Antonyms

STRONGEST

charge indictment opposition

STRONG

question request sentence

NOUN

purpose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ambition aspiration desire determination direction function goal idea intent objective plan principle project reason scheme scope view wish

STRONG

animus bourn calculation design destination dream drift end expectation hope mecca mission object point premeditation proposal proposition prospect resolve will

WEAK

big idea intendment ulterior motive whatfor where one's headed why and wherefore whyfor

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike hate hatred

STRONG

beginning start

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“The whole idea was that it doesn’t have to be boring. It doesn’t have to be stuffy. It can be really fun,” says Wyatt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

I can see why the selection makes a kind of sense, but doesn’t it undermine the whole idea of the revolution itself, which was about an Islamic state?

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

"What I'm sad about is that some people got it wrong, the whole idea of that event," said Sabalenka, speaking at the season-opening Brisbane International.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

The whole idea of slapping a label on people based on when they were born is a 20th-century invention, originating in Hungarian sociologist Karl Mannheim’s 1952 book “The Problem of Generations.”

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

It was too late to explain her whole idea.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins

whole idea

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