Meanings
- uncountableA matter of indifference; a matter involving a distinction without a difference; a matter having no importance or consequence.
Near-synonyms: all the same, monolithic, of a kind, of a piece, cut from the same cloth
3 more examples
But what care I? I care not an she were a black-a-moor; 'tis all one to me.
c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]Near or distant, blood or water, it's all one.
1843, Charles Dickens, chapter 3, in Martin ChuzzlewitAnd sometimes he had some preliminary information to help him, and sometimes he had not. And it was all one, really. It was about as useful as information trying to convey the locality and intentions of a cloud.
1917, Joseph Conrad, The TaleSynonyms: all the same, monolithic, of a kind, of a piece, cut from the same cloth
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA matter of indifference; a matter involving a distinction without a difference; a matter having no importance or consequence.
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all one. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20one
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