Total
Total noun - A complete amount of something.
Whole thing and total are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Whole thing" instead a noun "Total".
Whole thing
Total and whole thing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Total" instead a noun phrase "Whole thing".
Both terms in one sentence
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Of course, Nagamasa being a total douche about the whole thing may have contributed no small influence into the group's general disapproval of it.
- Due to her clear emotional instability and total absence of evidence for her abductor the police suspect she may have fantasized the whole thing.
Source: Film / Gone -
Consequently Rudolph starts screaming at Harry to admit it, and Harry, who has spent the past couple of years hacking off creatures scarier than his cop friend's overweight ex-husband, considers Rudolph a total-non-threat and finds the whole thing funny.
Source: Good Cop/Bad Cop
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Whole thing and Total. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/total/whole_thing
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Whole thing or Total. 2016. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/total/whole_thing.
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