all over
from every direction, everywhere; finished, ended
allover
adj.
covering all of something; appearing on the whole surface (also all-over)
all overs
agitation; nervousness; jumpiness, skittishness; state of being excited
all over
Adjective
1. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
(synonym) complete, concluded, ended, over(p), terminated
(similar) finished
Adverb
1. over the entire area; "the wallpaper was covered all over with flowers"; "felt tired all over"
2. to or in any or all places; "You find fast food stores everywhere"; "people everywhere are becoming aware of the problem"; "he carried a gun everywhere he went"; "looked all over for a suitable gift"; (`everyplace' is used informally for `everywhere')
(synonym) everywhere, everyplace
(classification) colloquialism
all over
(a) everywhere; there were red marks all over the child's body; she poured water all over the patient's head
(b) finished; when it was all over we went home
all over
Synonyms and related words:
ad infinitum, all over hell, all round, all through, always, and everywhere, at about, at all points, at full length, cosmically, every bit, every inch, every which way, every whit, everywhere, everywheres, far and near, far and wide, galactically, harum-scarum, head and shoulders, heart and soul, helter-skelter, here, higgledy-piggledy, high and low, hugger-mugger, in a jumble, in a mess, in a muddle, in all creation, in all places, in all quarters, in all respects, in confusion, in disarray, in disorder, in every clime, in every instance, in every place, in every quarter, in every respect, in extenso, inside and out, internationally, invariably, neck deep, never otherwise, on all counts, over, overall, root and branch, round about, skimble-skamble, the world over, there, through, through and through, throughout, throughout the world, to the brim, to the death, to the end, to the hilt, under the sun, universally, upstairs and downstairs, willy-nilly, without exception, you name it,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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