Meanings
- uncountableThat and everything similar; all of that kind of thing; and so on; et cetera.First known use 15th c.
Near-synonyms: and all that, and that, and all, and stuff
2 more examples
Snuff, or the Fan, supply each Pauſe of Chat, With ſinging, laughing, ogling, and all that.
1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock: An Heroi-Comical Poem. In Five Canto's. [sic], Second Edition, London: Bernard Lintott, Canto III, p. 20He has been all among the worshippers of Fire in Persia and has seen Persepolis and all that.
1809, Lord Byron, letter (to Henry Drury), 25 Jun 1809Synonyms: all that jazz, and all that, and that, and all, and stuff
- The exact amount, quantity, or level referred to.
She's not as smart as all that.
- USdatednot comparableslangOf especially good quality; particularly excellent.First known use 20th c.
My muffin top is all that / whole-grain, low-fat / I know you want a piece of that / but I'm just here to dance / […] / So back up offa me / You're weirding me out
2006, Robert Carlock, “Jack-Tor”, in 30 Rock, season 1, episode 51 more example
... due to the fact that the operators on the third shift at Kennedy were not all that—you know, they weren't the A Team—they had gotten themselves in a sequence where they dropped power on the vehicle.
2000, John Aaron, Johnson Space Center Oral History Project
- idiomaticVery.
We do not have all that much time to finish.
1 more example
By now, I hope that you are getting the message that life really isn't all that complicated.
2023 March 8, James R. Schmalenberg, Life Really Isn’t All That Complicated: But You Do Have To Think, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 13
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThat and everything similar; all of that kind of thing; and so on; et cetera.
Translations
Esperanto ĉio tio
- ĉio tioall of that kind of thing
Polish i tym podobne, i tak dalej
- i tym podobneall of that kind of thing
- i tak dalejall of that kind of thing
Cite this entry
all that. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20that
“all that.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20that. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all that,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20that.
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