be-all

Noun

Meaning

The whole; all that is to be.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

alpha integer corpus all whole entire unit alfa answer package complement aggregate assemblage panacea cure-all
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Antonyms

end outside cell border edge stress
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Examples

Acting isn't the be-all end-all. There are a lot of other things in my life that will bring me joy if I didn't act anymore. Victoria Pratt

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process. Leonard Maltin

The entertainment business is not the be-all and end-all for me. Dan Aykroyd

It's not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It's not the end-all, be-all of my life. Cher

I am not an enormous believer in research being the be-all and end-all. I get suspicious when I read about actors spending six months in a clinic, say, in order to play someone who is sick. John Hurt

It's a really skewed part of our culture that happiness is the end-all be-all. The people that force themselves to be happy all the time often end up being the most broken. Mary Lambert

Close letter words and terms

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