whole package

noun

All the elements constituting a whole or occurring as a unit.

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Meanings

nounwhole package (plural whole packages)

plural whole packages

  1. usuallyAll the elements constituting a whole or occurring as a unit.

    What MacIntyre therefore rejects is the whole package, namely a growth economy managed by the state, with occasional corrections with welfare, and so on.

    2003, Ronald Beiner, Liberalism, nationalism, citizenship: essays on the problem of political community, →ISBN

    Synonyms: all the marbles, bag and baggage, everytang, everything but the galley stove, everything but the kitchen sink, everything under the sun, full monty, hook

  2. idiomaticusuallySomething or someone that possesses a full set of relevant characteristics, usually desirable ones.

    For us, they are the whole package—fantastic foliage, precocious bloom, and beautiful flowers. In short, elegant simplicity.

    2006, C. Colston Burrell, Judith Knott Tyler, Hellebores: a comprehensive guide, →ISBN, page 17

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAll the elements constituting a whole or occurring as a unit.

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all the marblesbag and baggageeverytangeverything but the galley stoveeverything but the kitchen sinkeverything under the sunfull montyhookline and sinkerkit and caboodlelockstock and barrelthe whole bang shootthe whole nine yardsthe workswhole ball of waxwhole hogwhole enchiladawhole kit and caboodle
Also see
all the marbleseverythingfull montykit and caboodlelock, stock and barrelthe whole bang shootthe whole nine yardstotal packagewhole ball of waxwhole enchiladawhole hogwhole shebangwhole shitting matchwhole shooting matchworks
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APA

whole package. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whole%20package

MLA

“whole package.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whole%20package. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whole package,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whole%20package.

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