all-or-none

1. 1.

   occurring completely or not occurring at all

   Synonymsall-or-nothing

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Questions about all-or-none

What does all-or-none mean?

all-or-none means "occurring completely or not occurring at all".

How many syllables are in all-or-none?

all-or-none has 3 syllables: al-l-or--none. The stress falls on "al".

What is another word for all-or-none?

Close synonyms include all-or-nothing. 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-or-none a common word?

all-or-none is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.