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all that

all that noun: that and everything similar; all of that kind of thing; and so on; et cetera.

Noun

all that (uncountable)

  1. That and everything similar; all of that kind of thing; and so on; et cetera.
    • Near-synonyms: and all that, and that, and all, and stuff
    • Snuff, or the Fan, supply each Pauſe of Chat,
      With ſinging, laughing, ogling, and all that.1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical Poem. In Five Canto's. [sic], Second Edition, London: Bernard Lintott, Canto III, p. 20

Pronoun

all that

  1. The exact amount, quantity, or level referred to.
    • She's not as smart as all that.

Adjective

all that (not comparable)

  1. (US, dated, slang) Of especially good quality; particularly excellent.
    • ... due to the fact that the operators on the third shift at Kennedy were not all that—you know, they weren't the A Team—they had gotten themselves in a sequence where they dropped power on the vehicle.2000, John Aaron, Johnson Space Center Oral History Project
    • My muffin top is all that / whole-grain, low-fat / I know you want a piece of that / but I'm just here to dance / […] / So back up offa me / You're weirding me out2006, Robert Carlock, “Jack-Tor”, in 30 Rock, season 1, episode 5

Adverb

all that

  1. (idiomatic) Very.
    • We do not have all that much time to finish.
    • By now, I hope that you are getting the message that life really isn't all that complicated.2023 March 8, James R. Schmalenberg, Life Really Isn’t All That Complicated: But You Do Have To Think, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 13

Synonyms of all that

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Words formed from all that

Questions about all that

What does all that mean?
All that means that and everything similar; all of that kind of thing; and so on; et cetera.
What part of speech is all that?
All that can be a noun, a pronoun, an adjective or an adverb.

Words near all that in the dictionary

  1. all talk and no action
  2. all talk and no cider
  3. all talk and trousers
  4. all talk, no action
  5. all talk, no show
  6. all that
  7. all that and a bag of chips
  8. all that and a bag of potato chips
  9. all that glisters is not gold
  10. all that glitters
  11. all that glitters is not gold

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