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whole nine yards
adjective as in complete
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in gross
Strongest matches
adjective as in unabbreviated
Weak matches
- all
- entire
- exhaustive
- faultless
- full
- full dress
- gross
- imperforate
- intact
- integral
- integrated
- lock stock and barrel
- organic
- outright
- plenary
- replete
- the works
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- unabridged
- unbroken
- uncensored
- uncondensed
- uncut
- undiminished
- undivided
- undocked
- unexpurgated
- unimpaired
- unitary
- unreduced
- whole
- whole enchilada
- whole-hog
- whole-length
adjective as in uncensored
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- all
- entire
- faultless
- full
- full dress
- gross
- imperforate
- intact
- integral
- integrated
- lock stock and barrel
- organic
- outright
- plenary
- replete
- the works
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- unabbreviated
- unabridged
- unbroken
- uncondensed
- undiminished
- undivided
- undocked
- unexpurgated
- unimpaired
- unitary
- unreduced
- whole
- whole enchilada
- whole hog
- whole-length
adjective as in uncut
Strongest match
Weak matches
- all
- entire
- exhaustive
- faultless
- full
- full dress
- gross
- imperforate
- intact
- integral
- integrated
- lock stock and barrel
- organic
- outright
- plenary
- replete
- the works
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- unabbreviated
- unabridged
- unbroken
- uncondensed
- undiminished
- undivided
- undocked
- unexpurgated
- unimpaired
- unitary
- unreduced
- whole
- whole enchilada
- whole hog
- whole-length
adjective as in unexpurgated
Weak matches
- all
- entire
- exhaustive
- faultless
- full
- full dress
- gross
- imperforate
- intact
- integral
- integrated
- lock stock and barrel
- organic
- outright
- plenary
- replete
- the works
- thorough
- thoroughgoing
- unabbreviated
- unabridged
- unbroken
- uncensored
- uncondensed
- uncut
- undiminished
- undivided
- undocked
- unimpaired
- unitary
- unreduced
- whole
- whole enchilada
- whole hog
- whole-length
noun as in all
noun as in entirety
Strong matches
noun as in full monty
noun as in whole
Strongest match
Strong matches
noun as in whole caboodle
noun as in whole hog
Weak matches
Example Sentences
“All major female artists are expected to look a certain way, think Beyoncé with her high-glam and Megan Thee Stallion with her dance crew, hair, makeup, the whole nine yards.”
“It’s a hard time of year for everybody, players, coaches, the whole nine yards,” said Clemson coach Brad Brownell, a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches committee working on the issue.
Matthew Perry, the “Friends” star who had roles in movies such as “The Whole Nine Yards”
“He had to take it back and exchange it, he missed the whole first part of the movie, and then it stopped again. They gave us a refund for the tickets, but we’d already bought popcorn and drinks, the whole nine yards.”
Films he starred in included crime caper The Whole Nine Yards and sequel The Whole Ten Yards with his friend Bruce Willis.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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