Entire

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: en=tire

CIDE DICTIONARY

Entire, a. [F. entier, L. integer untouched, undiminished, entire; pref. in-, negative + the root of tangere to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Integer.].

•  Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance.  [1913 Webster]

  "That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."  [1913 Webster]

  "With strength entire and free will armed."  [1913 Webster]

  "One entire and perfect chrysolite."  [1913 Webster]
•  Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.  [1913 Webster]

  "Pure fear and entire cowardice."  [1913 Webster]

  "No man had ever a heart more entire to the king."  [1913 Webster]
•  Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.  [1913 Webster]
•  Not gelded; -- said of a horse.  [1913 Webster]
•  Internal; interior.  Spenser.

Syn. -- See Whole, and Radical.

Entire, n. 

•  Entirely.  Thackeray.  [1913 Webster]
•  A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer.  Thackeray.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Entire, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 whole, complete.
2 not broken or decayed.
3 unqualified, absolute (an entire success).
4 in one piece; continuous.
5 not castrated.
6 Bot. without indentation.
7 pure, unmixed.
--n. an uncastrated animal.

Etymology

ME f. AF enter, OF entier f. L integer (as IN-(2), tangere touch)

THESAURUS

Entire

absolute, admitting no exception, aggregate, all, all-embracing, all-inclusive, all-out, categorical, clear, compacted, complete, comprehensive, concatenated, conclusive, consolidated, continuous, decided, decisive, definite, definitive, determinate, developed, downright, exhaustive, explicit, express, final, fixed, flat, flat-out, full, full-fledged, full-grown, full-scale, global, gross, holistic, implicit, inappealable, inclusive, indisputable, intact, integral, integrated, inviolate, mature, matured, omnibus, one, one and indivisible, out-and-out, outright, peremptory, perfect, plenary, positive, ripe, round, solid, sound, straight, straight-out, thorough, total, unabbreviated, unalloyed, unbroken, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, uncut, undamaged, undiminished, undivided, undoubting, unequivocal, unexceptional, unexpurgated, unhampered, unhesitating, unhurt, unified, unimpaired, uninjured, uninterrupted, universal, unlimited, unmarred, unmistakable, unmitigated, unmixed, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved, unrestricted, unscathed, unwaivable, utter, whole, without exception, without reserve

ROGET THESAURUS

Entire

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.

Continuity

N continuity, consecution, consecutiveness, succession, round, suite, progression, series, train chain, catenation, concatenation, scale, gradation, course, ceaselessness, constant flow, unbroken extent, procession, column, retinue, cortege, cavalcade, rank and file, line of battle, array, pedigree, genealogy, lineage, race, ancestry, descent, family, house, line, line of ancestors, strain, rank, file, line, row, range, tier, string, thread, team, suit, colonnade, continuous, continued, consecutive, progressive, gradual, serial, successive, immediate, unbroken, entire, linear, in a line, in a row, uninterrupted, unintermitting, unremitting, unrelenting (perseverence), perennial, evergreen, constant, continuously, seriatim, in a line, in succession, in turn, running, gradually, step by step, gradatim, at a stretch, in file, in column, in single file, in Indian file.