whole cloth
Entirely made up
Whole cloth appears almost exclusively in the phrase out of whole cloth or from whole cloth, meaning fabricated entirely, with no basis in fact: The accusation was made up out of whole cloth.
The image is of fabric woven in one piece rather than patched together—something created complete, without any preexisting material to work from.
Created something new
- concoctedCreated by combining elements
- manufacturedMade by machinery
- fictionImagined narrative work
- falsehoodDeliberate untrue statement
lie · untruth · made-up · fictitious · baseless · unfounded · groundless · imaginary
Woven or knit material
- weaveInterlace strands into fabric
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- loomFabric-making frame
- wovenInterlaced on loom
uncut · seamless · continuous · yardage · length · roll · material · draping
To the full extent
- completelyTo the fullest extent
- fullyTo the complete extent
- totallyTo the full extent
- altogetherIn total; completely
utterly · absolute · entire · outright · comprehensive · thorough · full · intact
invented
Created something new
- concoctedCreated by combining elements
- manufacturedMade by machinery
- fictionImagined narrative work
falsehood · lie · untruth · made-up · fictitious · baseless · unfounded · groundless · imaginary · false
fabric
Woven or knit material
woven · uncut · seamless · continuous · yardage · length · roll · material · draping · undivided
entirely
To the full extent
- completelyTo the fullest extent
- fullyTo the complete extent
- totallyTo the full extent
altogether · utterly · absolute · entire · outright · comprehensive · thorough · full · intact · unbroken
- clothing idiomsfit like a glove, dressed to the nines, dressed to kill, wear the pants, caught with pants down
- Sewing Metaphorsseamless, threadbare, woven, patched up, hanging by a thread
whole clothtruth
Accordance with reality
fact · reality · verified account · hard evidence · matter of record
whole clothgenuine article
Authentic original item
the real thing · authentic · documented · sourced · well-attested
whole clothpatchwork
Fabric scraps sewn together
derivative work · adaptation · compilation · pieced together · composite
whole, cloth, wholly, wholeness, wholesome, wholesomeness, unwholesome, clothe, clothed