Definitions

all the way

ADJECTIVE

thoroughpaced

Synonyms

WEAK

absolute all-embracing all-inclusive all-out assiduous blow-by-blow careful circumstantial clocklike complete comprehensive conscientious detailed efficient exact exhaustive from A to Z full full dress in-depth intensive itemized meticulous minute painstaking particular particularized plenty royal scrupulous slam-bang soup to nuts sweeping thoroughgoing tough whole-hog

ADJECTIVE

thorough/thoroughgoing

Synonyms

WEAK

absolute all-embracing all-inclusive all-out assiduous blow-by-blow careful circumstantial clocklike complete comprehensive conscientious detailed efficient exact from A to Z full full dress in-depth intensive itemized meticulous minute painstaking particular particularized plenty royal scrupulous slam-bang soup to nuts sweeping tough whole-hog

Antonyms

WEAK

deficient imperfect inadequate incomplete inexhaustive partial superficial unfinished

ADVERB

completely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolutely altogether comprehensively effectively entirely finally fully perfectly quite thoroughly totally ultimately unconditionally utterly wholly

WEAK

competently conclusively en masse exclusively exhaustively extensively from A to Z from beginning to end hook, line, and sinker in all in entirety in full in toto on all counts painstakingly solidly to the end to the limit to the max to the nth degree unabridged unanimously undividedly with heart and soul without omission

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inadequately incompletely partially partly

ADVERB

flat-out

Synonyms

WEAK

all-out at a good clip for all one's worth full blast head over heels in full gallop lickety-split the whole nine yards to the max unrestrainedly wide open without reservation

ADVERB

fully

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absolutely entirely perfectly positively quite thoroughly totally wholly

WEAK

all out altogether every inch from A to Z from soup to nuts intimately outright royal through and through utterly with heart and soul without exaggeration

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompletely partially

WEAK

inadequately insufficiently partly

ADVERB

intensively

Synonyms

STRONGEST

competently comprehensively effectively exclusively exhaustively extensively fully thoroughly

WEAK

absolutely altogether conclusively en masse finally from A to Z from beginning to end hook, line, and sinker in all in and out in entirety in full in toto inside out on all counts painstakingly perfectly quite solidly to the end to the limit to the max to the nth degree totally ultimately unabridged unanimously unconditionally undividedly up and down utterly wholly with heart and soul without omission

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inadequately incompletely partially

ADVERB

right

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clear

STRONG

altogether bang correctly sharp well

WEAK

absolutely completely entirely exactly factually fully genuinely just perfectly quite smack-dab squarely thoroughly totally truly utterly wholly

Antonyms

WEAK

inaccurately inappropriately incorrectly indirectly unfairly unjustly unsuitably wrongly

ADVERB

wholly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

altogether completely entirely fully perfectly quite thoroughly totally utterly

STRONG

all

WEAK

all in all comprehensively from A to Z hook, line, and sinker in every respect in toto one-hundred percent outright roundly top to bottom well with heart and soul

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inadequately incompletely partially partly

WEAK

inclusively

NOUN

culmination

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apex climax completion pinnacle

STRONG

acme apogee consummation crown finale finish height limit maximum meridian noon payoff peak perfection summit top zenith

WEAK

blow off capper critical mass crowning touch ne plus ultra punch line

Antonyms

STRONGEST

anticlimax nadir

STRONG

base beginning bottom introduction start

WEAK

commencement opening

Example Sentences

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But that was a cumulative figure over 23 years, including budgets going all the way back to President George W. Bush.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Taking all measures, Logan said it appears that inflation is trending to the mid-2% range, but still not all the way back to Fed’s 2% target.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Looking at price trends holistically, “inflation appears to be trending toward the mid 2’s—not all the way back to 2 percent,” Logan said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Going all the way back to the court’s 1849 decision in Luther v.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Mom used to say she knew Jonah and I were out in the treehouse if she could hear me laughing from all the way inside.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

all the way

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