Altogether

• POS: Noun, Adverb
• HYPHEN: al=to=geth=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

Altogether, adv. [OE. altogedere; al all + togedere together. See Together.].

•  All together; conjointly.  [1913 Webster]

  "Altogether they went at once."  [1913 Webster]
•  Without exception; wholly; completely.  [1913 Webster]

  "Every man at his best state is altogether vanity."  [1913 Webster]

Altogether, n. 

 nakedness; -- used mostly in the phrase “in the altogether”.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Altogether, adv.
1 totally, completely (you are altogether wrong).
2 on the whole (altogether it had been a good day).
3 in total (there are six bedrooms altogether).

Idiom

in the altogether colloq. naked.

Usage

Note that all together is used to mean 'all at once' or 'all in one place', as in there are six bedrooms all together.

Etymology

ME f. ALL + TOGETHER

THESAURUS

Altogether

above, absolutely, across the board, additionally, again, all, all in all, all included, all put together, all things considered, all told, also, among other things, and all, and also, and so, as a body, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, as well, at large, au reste, bareness, beside, besides, beyond, birthday suit, bodily, broadly, broadly speaking, by and large, chiefly, collectively, commonly, completely, comprehensively, corporately, decollete, ecdysiast, else, en bloc, en masse, en plus, entirely, exactly, exhaustively, extra, farther, for lagniappe, fully, further, furthermore, generally, generally speaking, globally, gymnosophist, gymnosophy, hundred per cent, in a body, in addition, in all, in all respects, in bulk, in full, in full measure, in general, in its entirety, in the aggregate, in the gross, in the lump, in the main, in the mass, in toto, inclusively, inside out, integrally, inter alia, into the bargain, item, just, largely, likewise, mainly, more, moreover, mostly, nakedness, naturism, naturist, normally, not a stitch, nudism, nudist, nudity, on all counts, on balance, on the side, on the whole, on top of, one and all, ordinarily, outright, over, overall, perfectly, plumb, plus, predominantly, prevailingly, quite, right, roughly, roughly speaking, roundly, routinely, similarly, speaking generally, state of nature, stick, stripper, stripteaser, the altogether, the nude, the raw, then, therewith, thoroughly, to boot, to the hilt, too, toplessness, totally, tout a fait, tout ensemble, unconditionally, unreservedly, usually, utterly, wholly, yet

ROGET THESAURUS

Altogether

Whole

N whole, totality, integrity, totalness, entirety, ensemble, collectiveness, unity, completeness, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, integration, embodiment, integer, all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all, complex, complexus, lock stock and barrel, bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages, trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part, essential part, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, the long and the short, nearly, all, almost all, whole, total, integral, entire, complete, one, individual, unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn, seamless, undiminished, undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised, indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible, wholesale, sweeping, comprehensive, wholly, altogether, totally, entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together, in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run, en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch, substantially, tout bien ou rien.

Completeness

N completeness, completion, integration, allness, entirety, perfection, solidity, solidarity, unity, all, ne plus ultra, ideal, limit, complement, supplement, make-weight, filling, up, impletion, saturation, saturity, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, fill, load, bumper, bellyful, brimmer, sufficiency, complete, entire, whole, perfect, full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary, solid, undivided, with all its parts, all- sided, exhaustive, radical, sweeping, thorough-going, dead, regular, consummate, unmitigated, sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free, abundant, brimming, brimful, topful, topfull, chock full, choke full, as full as an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch, saturated, crammed, replete, fraught, laden, full-laden, full-fraught, full-charged, heavy laden, completing, supplemental, supplementary, ascititious, completely, altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite, all out, over head and ears, effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders, neck and heel, neck and crop, in all respects, in every respect, at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes, toto coelo, utterly, clean, clean as a whistle, to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone, hollow, stark, heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground, to the top of one's bent, as far as possible, a outrance, throughout, from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble, a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft, every, whit, every inch, cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter, up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes, as a as can be, on all accounts, sous tous les rapports, with a vengeance, with a witness, falsus in uno falsus in omnibus, false in one thing, false in everything, omnem movere lapidem, una scopa nuova spazza bene.