all in all

1. 1.

   with everything considered (and neglecting details)

   “altogether, I'm sorry it happened”

   “all in all, it's not so bad”

   Synonymson the wholealtogethertout ensemble

Questions about all in all

What does all in all mean?

all in all means "with everything considered (and neglecting details)".

What is another word for all in all?

Close synonyms include on the whole, altogether, tout ensemble. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is all in all a common word?

all in all is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.