en bloc

1. 1.

   all together

   “the students turned out en masse”

   Synonymsen masseas a group

Questions about en bloc

What does en bloc mean?

en bloc means "all together".

What is another word for en bloc?

Close synonyms include en masse, as a group. 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 en bloc a common word?

en bloc 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.