Synonyms for on the whole
on the whole

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1. on the wholeadverb

   Synonyms:
   by and large

2. on the wholeadverb

   For the most part; apart from some insignificant details.

   The language was wrong for the period, but, on the whole, I enjoyed the film.

   Synonyms:
   by and large

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1. all in all, on the whole, altogether, tout ensembleadverb

   with everything considered (and neglecting details)

   "altogether, I'm sorry it happened"; "all in all, it's not so bad"

   Synonyms:
   all in all, tout ensemble, altogether, all told, whole, entirely, completely, in all, wholly, totally, all

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1. on the whole

   Synonyms:
   all things considered, in view of all the circumstances, taking every thing into account, upon the whole

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1. Mark Twain:

   Go and surprise the whole country by doing something right.

2. Pope Francis:

   May Christmas bring them hope, as indeed also to the many displaced persons, exiles and refugees, children, adults and elderly, from this region and from the whole world.

3. Nick Khan:

   We're doing a complete revamp on NXT, led by Triple H, Paul Levesque, who is really one of the architects of the original NXT, in terms of an NXT rebrand, look for it in the next couple of weeks. It's gonna have a whole new look, it's gonna have a whole new feel.

4. Erica Fleishman:

   Right now, there’s not, in many cases, a whole lot of will to do it.

5. Leonardo Nourafchan:

   Whereas before you had gefilte and cholent and your kosher deli, now you're getting a whole range of cuisines, people are willing to value and appreciate traditional, authentic new food in a way that I don't think kosher Orthodox Jews were interested in, in the past.