Synonyms for amount
əˈmaʊntamount

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. amountverb

   Synonyms:
   reach, rise, come, attain, extend

   Antonyms:
   fall, recede, relapse, decline, fail

2. amountnoun

   Synonyms:
   total, aggregate, sum, whole, quantity, totality, equality

   Antonyms:
   failure, decrease, deficiency, portion, instalment, deficit, insufficiency

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. sum, sum of money, amount, amount of moneynoun

   a quantity of money

   "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"

   Synonyms:
   nitty-gritty, sum total, marrow, meat, join, quantity, core, summation, sum, total, aggregate, amount of money, union, gist, heart and soul, totality, sum of money, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, measure, essence, heart, inwardness, pith

2. amountnoun

   the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion

   "an adequate amount of food for four people"

   Synonyms:
   total, sum of money, measure, quantity, amount of money, sum

3. measure, quantity, amountnoun

   how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

   Synonyms:
   measure, standard, measuring stick, metre, quantity, meter, mensuration, sum, total, measuring, amount of money, criterion, sum of money, step, bill, measurement, bar, beat, cadence, measuring rod, touchstone

4. sum, amount, totalverb

   a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

   Synonyms:
   nitty-gritty, sum total, marrow, meat, join, quantity, core, summation, sum, total, aggregate, amount of money, union, gist, heart and soul, totality, sum of money, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, measure, essence, heart, inwardness, pith

5. amountverb

   be tantamount or equivalent to

   "Her action amounted to a rebellion"

   Synonyms:
   total, number, add up, come

6. total, number, add up, come, amountverb

   add up in number or quantity

   "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"

   Synonyms:
   tot, descend, tote up, hail, get, add, get along, fare, numerate, sum, add up, come in, come up, tot up, list, fall, sum up, do, follow, occur, enumerate, count, issue forth, make out, number, tally, derive, make sense, come, add together, total, summate, arrive, keep down

7. come, add up, amountverb

   develop into

   "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"

   Synonyms:
   fare, derive, tally, summate, issue forth, tot, tot up, sum, total, make out, occur, arrive, number, come up, hail, follow, add together, add, get, descend, come, fall, get along, make sense, tote up, do, come in, sum up, add up

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1. • Assets
   • Become
   • Magnitude

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. amountnoun

   Synonyms:
   aggregate, sum total

2. amountnoun

   Synonyms:
   effect, substance, purport, result

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1. amountnoun

   Synonyms:
   total, sum

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1. List of paraphrases for "amount":

   quantity, sum, amounts, volume, value, quantities, number, level, teneur, montant, figure, somme, quantum, size, total, qty, cantidad, provision, payment, money, tune, importance, extent

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1. Lars Dalseide:

   The proposed rule would do nothing to address violent crime, while further burdening law-abiding gun owners and the lawful firearm industry with overbroad regulations, the ATF Director would be given an incredible amount of power under the proposed rule. With President Biden's nomination of gun control lobbyist and gun ban proponent David Chipman to head the ATF, this rule could give agun control extremist the ability to destroy the American firearms industry.

2. David Vig:

   More than 50-55% of society was already vaccinated, (but) demonstrations were still impossible. ... That is a very clear violation of international human rights standards, the government has some power to restrict these rights for a certain amount of time if it is necessary and if the restrictions are proportionate with ... the aim that they want to achieve, but not for a prolonged or an unlimited time.

3. Donald Trump:

   I know so many people, Muslims, who are such unbelievably great people, and they're being so badly tarnished by what's happening now, it's a shame, but it's a tremendous amount of horror and damage and vitriol.

4. Pranav Haldea:

   The fines really are not enough. If you look at it, a company would be paying only around 63,000 rupees or $1,000 - for non-compliance if they paid today, asking a company to pay that amount will not exactly burn a hole in their pockets.

5. Jorge Giannattasio:

   The amount of travelers will skyrocket with direct flights.