altogether
UK/ɔːl.tʊˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)//ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/
altogether adverb: completely, wholly, or without exception.
Adverb
altogether (not comparable)
- Completely, wholly, or without exception.
- Police did not seem altogether satisfied with my alibi.
- Your advice will be altogether invaluable to me.1891, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Synonyms:
- absolutely, all-out, tout à fait, all the way, stone-cold, blind, stark, cold, at large, at length
- On the whole; with everything considered.
- Altogether, I'm sorry it happened.
- A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After FIFA’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was...2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England 5, Iceland 0: under 21 match report”, in The Telegraph
- Synonyms:
- all in all, all things considered, broadly, as a rule, basically, by and large, chiefly, feckly, for the most part, generally
- With everything included.
- Altogether, your bill comes to $6.99.
- Synonyms:
- all told
- An intensifier: without doubt, clearly.
- It was a great game altogether.
- That took altogether too much time.
Noun
altogether (plural altogethers)
- A state of nakedness.
- And she objects, too, to the "altogether." Her gowns will never be cut more décolleté than those seen in the boxes of the Metropolitan Opera House of New York city.1896, The Quartier Latin, volume 1, number 1
- Hearing that his wife was posing in the altogether for the great Spanish satirist, the Duke of Alba swore that he would paint Goya's picture in Goya's blood.1930 August 4, “Prix de Rome”, in Time
altogether meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
altogether in Tamil
- ஒருங்காக, ஒருங்கு சேர்ந்து, முற்றிலும், முழுமை, முழுமையாக
altogether in Urdu
- سب ملا کر, کُل, بحثیت مجموعی, کَلی طَور پَر, مُکَمَل طَور پَر, جُملَہ
altogether in Bengali
- সম্পূর্ণরূপে, মোট
altogether in Malayalam
- എല്ലാം കൂടി, മൊത്തത്തിൽ, ഒട്ടൊഴിയാതെ, ഉയർച്ച, ശ്രേഷ്ഠത
More languagesFewer languages
- altogether in Kannada
- ಪೂರ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ, ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ, ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆ, ಒಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ
- altogether in Punjabi
- ਕੁੱਲ kulla
- altogether in Sanskrit
- सर्व sárva
Examples of altogether in a sentence
- And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved.1963, C.L.R. James, The Black Jacobins, 2nd Revised edition, page 24:
- The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England 5, Iceland 0: under 21 match report”, in The Telegraph:
- Last week, a Cleveland news anchor, Sharon Reed, was caught on camera stripping nude and joining a gaggle of other people in the altogether.2004 November 25, David Carr, “When a TV Talking Head Becomes a Talking Body”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Sep 2008:
Synonyms of altogether
- absolutely
- all-out
- tout à fait
- all the way
- stone-cold
- blind
- stark
- cold
- cap-a-pie
- categorically
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- completely
- detailly
- downright
- entirely
- exhaustively
- finally
- first and last
- flat-out
- flat out
- from aardvark to zymurgy
- from A to Z
- from head to toe
- from soup to nuts
- from stem to stern
- from the rooter to the tooter
- from top to bottom
- from top to toe
- fully
- handsomely
- heartily
- head to foot
- head to tail
- head to toe
- hook
- line
- and sinker
- in detail
- in full
- lock
- stock
Forms of altogether
| plural | altogethers |
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Origin of altogether
From Middle English altogeder, altogedere, equivalent to al- (“all”) + together. Cognate with Scots awthegither (“altogether”), Middle High German alzegater (“altogether”), Dutch altegaar. Compare also Old English ealġeador, eallġeador (“altogether”), West Frisian allegearre (“altogether”). More at together. The noun sense (nakedness): was popularized in George du Maurier's 1894 novel Trilby.
Words formed from altogether
Words that rhyme with altogether
Questions about altogether
- What does altogether mean?
- Altogether means completely, wholly, or without exception.
- What is altogether in Tamil?
- Altogether in Tamil is ஒருங்காக, ஒருங்கு சேர்ந்து, முற்றிலும். See Altogether meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use altogether in a sentence?
- And wordy attacks against slavery drew sneers from observers which were not altogether undeserved.
- What part of speech is altogether?
- Altogether can be an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce altogether?
- Altogether is pronounced /ɔːl.tʊˈɡɛð.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
Words near altogether in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: altogether (page history and authors); altogether (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); altogether (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); altogether (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); altogether (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); altogether (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕੁੱਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); सर्व (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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