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. John McCain:

   This whole issue of the relationship with the Russians and who communicated with them and under what circumstances clearly cries out for investigations, but I would also point out, we should not assume guilt until we have a thorough investigation.

2. Simon Brown:

   They were taken by the history here, they took a little bit of the grass. That was extraordinary because you had some of the world's best players in one place, Jamie Roberts, Mike Phillips, a whole variety of players.

3. Thembinkosi Ngcobo:

   There is about 80 years, 90 years of the whole liberation struggle history that we lost because these songs were never kept.

4. John Daly:

   I drove it well, hit irons well, it was one of those rounds. I have five gimmes for birdies, made a couple of par putts. I was never in any trouble. I can't remember any day when Pebble was so subdued. The whole course looked like a postcard. Ever since I've been a pro, I've never seen it look that pretty.

5. Ken Burns:

   We tend to think of Country Music as one thing, but it's always been many things, country Music omnivorously wants to grab cowboy music and western swing, and the Bakersfield sound and the Nashville sound, countrypolitan and all the various permutations of string bands up and down Appalachia, one of which branches off into a whole new genre called bluegrass. Country Music's never ending and Country Music's omnivorous and Country Music's not Country Music. Country Music's always been connected. There's no border. No passports required, that allows you to go into RB or allows you to go into jazz or allows you to go into folk or rock. It is, in fact, one of the parents of rock with RB.