wholehearted

Examples

• All

• Would it kill you to give a wholehearted compliment?

  The Santa Clause 2 (2002)

• Thank you for your time and your wholehearted presence tonight.

  Stanford

• Ideology is a term about which there has never been wholehearted agreement.

• Editors who do not have the wholehearted support of their company are in a very awkward position.

  Academic text (2010)

• Higher management needs to be visible, show wholehearted support for, and get involved with the workplace interventions.

  Academic text (2015)

• I'm sure the applause was wholehearted, Miss Jennings.

  Road Kill (1999)

• I chose to use a kindergarten class because of the children's wholehearted enthusiasm for every activity.

  Academic text (2004)

• He asserted in the most positive terms his wholehearted support... as well as that of the Senate and the House of Representatives... and the president of these United States.

  Heaven's Gate (1980)

• The enactment of SARA indicates Congress's wholehearted intention that negotiation and settlement be the primary means of resolving Superfund cases.

  Academic text (1991)

• She received the award with a wholehearted smile, grateful for the recognition of her hard work.

Synonyms

H

heartfelt

vswholehearted

77 4.3

Shows deep and sincere feeling in words or actions

adds the sense of full active commitment and devotion

H

hearty

vswholehearted

20 3.7

Warm and sincere when showing friendship or welcome

focuses on full commitment and devotion rather than only warmth

O

openhearted

vswholehearted

1 4.1

Shows kindness and honesty, sharing feelings with others

centers on total devoted enthusiasm rather than open friendliness

W

whole-souled

vswholehearted

• Literature

8.9

To give strong, honest support with all your heart and energy

is identical in meaning but differs only in wording or form

H

heart-whole

vswholehearted

• Archaic

9.1

Completely sincere and fully loyal to a person or cause

is the same in sense but differs only in wording or form

T

truehearted

vswholehearted

• Literature

6.3

Loyal and steady in support for a person or cause

emphasizes active enthusiastic commitment rather than only steady loyalty

Antonyms

I

insincere

19 4.2

Not showing real feelings or meaning what you say

H

half-hearted

11 4.8

Showing little interest or effort

How Committed

wholehearted

4 4.3

devoted

80 3.4

committed

79 4.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology