Meanings
adverball told (not comparable)
- idiomaticnot comparableWith everything included, counted, or summed; in total.
I think they had over 300 people there, all told.
Synonyms: altogether, all in all, all things considered, in total
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbWith everything included, counted, or summed; in total.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbwith everything included or counted
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From all + told (“counted”), from the original, now archaic sense [one] of tell.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish kaiken kaikkiaan
- kaiken kaikkiaanwith all included, counted, or summed
French en tout, tout compris
- en toutwith all included, counted, or summed
- tout compriswith all included, counted, or summed
- au totalwith all included, counted, or summed
Greek συνολικά
- συνολικά (synoliká)with all included, counted, or summed
Italian in tutto
- in tuttowith all included, counted, or summed
Polish sumując
- sumującwith all included, counted, or summed
Portuguese ao todo
- ao todowith all included, counted, or summed
Russian в о́бщей сло́жности
- в о́бщей сло́жности (v óbščej slóžnosti)with all included, counted, or summed
Spanish todo dicho, todos contados
- todo dichowith all included, counted, or summed
- todos contadoswith all included, counted, or summed
Swedish allt som allt
- allt som alltwith all included, counted, or summed
Turkish toplam
- toplamwith all included, counted, or summed
Cite this entry
APA
all told. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20told
MLA
“all told.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20told. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all told,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20told.
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