altogether
1 of 2adverb
al·to·geth·er ˌȯl-tə-ˈge-t͟hər 
1
: wholly, completely
an altogether different problem
stopped raining altogether
2
: in all : all told
spent a hundred dollars altogether
3
: on the whole
Altogether their efforts were successful.
altogether
2 of 2noun
informal
: nude —used with the
posed in the altogether
Synonyms
Adverb
- basically
- by and large
- chiefly
- generally
- largely
- mainly
- mostly
- overall
- predominantly
- primarily
- principally
- substantially
Noun
- bareness
- birthday suit
- bottomlessness
- buff
- nakedness
- nude
- nudity
- raw
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Example Sentences
Adverb They had an altogether new idea. If we don't do something now, the forests may disappear altogether. It's best to avoid the situation altogether. Altogether, their efforts were successful. Noun had never posed in the altogether for a photographer before
Recent Examples on the Web
WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 The loser of the QB2 race may be out of a roster spot altogether. Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2022 Radiance is altogether excellent, melding electronic and shoegaze, giving serious Tycho vibes and dropping via the venerable Alpha Pup. Katie Bain, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2022 Its shape is not altogether different from the emotive illustrations on the complex’s Sunset Foot Clinic sign, now covered in brown tarp. Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 Germany and Poland are also instituting pipeline bans; altogether Europe will be about 2 million barrels per day (bpd) short by the end of 2022, equal to about 11% of demand. Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz, 22 Aug. 2022 Biden also announced an expansion of a federal program that will limit monthly payments to 5 percent of a borrower’s discretionary income — half the current cap — and allow some low-income borrowers to avoid payments altogether. Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022 Both aim to see the Department of Defense cease its practice of using burn pits altogether. Anumita Kaur, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 The Colts could also decide to hold out a few of their most important players to avoid the risk of injury altogether. The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2022 Jason Furman, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2017 See More
Adverb
Larger political forces, like Black Lives Matter or the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement are, by consequence of their very embeddedness in the physical world, in a different class altogether and must be taken more seriously. WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 The loser of the QB2 race may be out of a roster spot altogether. Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2022 Radiance is altogether excellent, melding electronic and shoegaze, giving serious Tycho vibes and dropping via the venerable Alpha Pup. Katie Bain, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2022 Its shape is not altogether different from the emotive illustrations on the complex’s Sunset Foot Clinic sign, now covered in brown tarp. Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 Germany and Poland are also instituting pipeline bans; altogether Europe will be about 2 million barrels per day (bpd) short by the end of 2022, equal to about 11% of demand. Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz, 22 Aug. 2022 Biden also announced an expansion of a federal program that will limit monthly payments to 5 percent of a borrower’s discretionary income — half the current cap — and allow some low-income borrowers to avoid payments altogether. Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022 Both aim to see the Department of Defense cease its practice of using burn pits altogether. Anumita Kaur, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 The Colts could also decide to hold out a few of their most important players to avoid the risk of injury altogether. The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2022 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 More Word History
Etymology
Adverb and Noun
Middle English altogedere, from al all + togedere together
First Known Use
Adverb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1893, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing altogether
Kids Definition
altogether
adverb
al·to·geth·er ˌȯl-tə-ˈge-t͟hər
1
: completely
I'm not altogether sure.
2
: with everything being considered
Altogether it's the best choice.
3
: when everything is added together
How much rain will we get altogether?
altogether 1 of 2
adverb
1
as in mostly
for the most part altogether, I'd say we had a pretty good time Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- mostly
- chiefly
- mainly
- largely
- basically
- primarily
- predominantly
- principally
- generally
- substantially
- normally
- in general
- partly
- most
- usually
- overall
- some
- typically
- virtually
- nearly
- practically
- partially
- commonly
- somewhat
- nigh
- by and large
- rather
- frequently
- ordinarily
- next to
- approximately
- much
- broadly
- on the whole
- well-nigh
- roughly
- about
- near
- incompletely
- more or less
- plus or minus
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- entirely
- completely
- wholly
- totally
- fully
- thoroughly
- perfectly
- just
- scarcely
- hardly
- barely
- absolutely
- marginally
- minimally
- categorically
- unqualifiedly
2
as in completely
to a full extent or degree I was not altogether prepared for such bad news Synonyms & Similar Words
- completely
- all
- quite
- totally
- utterly
- entirely
- wholly
- perfectly
- fully
- even
- thoroughly
- exactly
- fast
- out
- absolutely
- entire
- well
- wide
- enough
- all of
- dead
- all the way
- full
- for fair
- at length
- all over
- in whole
- flat
- heartily
- basically
- to pieces
- soundly
- clean
- to bits
- plain
- down to the ground
- substantially
- to the hilt
- to the max
- categorically
- downright
- mostly
- largely
- generally
- through and through
- plumb
- stone
- cold
- down the line
- greatly
- unqualifiedly
- chiefly
- principally
- mainly
- overall
- predominantly
- primarily
- predominately
- abundantly
- hands down
- generously
- stone-cold
- copiously
- by and large
- more or less
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- partly
- partially
- just
- slightly
- halfway
- scarcely
- half
- hardly
- somewhat
- superficially
- incompletely
- marginally
- minimally
- barely
- part
- approximately
- roughly
- kind of
3
as in overall
with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time we spent six months in Europe altogether Synonyms & Similar Words
- overall
- collectively
- generally
- broadly
- together
- all in all
- across the board
- all around
- inclusively
- all told
- entirely
- completely
- collectedly
- totally
- wholly
- on the whole
- loosely
- liberally
- in the aggregate
- thoroughly
- fully
- macroscopically
- comprehensively
- exhaustively
- sweepingly
- all over
- encyclopedically
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- strictly
- minutely
- alone
- literally
- separately
- microscopically
- narrowly
- distinctly
- singularly
- categorically
- exclusively
- individually
- singly
- solely
- specifically
- detailedly
- restrictedly
- fractionally
- solitarily
altogether
2 of 2noun
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
- nudity
- nude
- nakedness
- raw
- bottomlessness
- bareness
- birthday suit
- buff
- naturism
- toplessness
- nudism