all-or-nothing

1. 1.

   occurring completely or not occurring at all

   Synonymsall-or-none

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Questions about all-or-nothing

What does all-or-nothing mean?

all-or-nothing means "occurring completely or not occurring at all".

How many syllables are in all-or-nothing?

all-or-nothing has 4 syllables and divides as al-l-or--no-thing under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for all-or-nothing?

Close synonyms include all-or-none. 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.