Antonyms for amount
əˈmaʊntamount

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1. amountverb

   Antonyms:
   fall, recede, relapse, decline, fail

   Synonyms:
   reach, rise, come, attain, extend

2. amountnoun

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

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

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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. amountnoun

   Synonyms:
   total, sum

How to use amount in a sentence?

1. Czech Interior Minister Josef Chovanec:

   We do not have a problem with the directive as a whole, but we will want to rework it so it does not amount to disarming Czech citizens.

2. Andrew Schurer:

   The eruption injected a huge amount of sulphur dioxide into the stratosphere, which would have quickly spread across the world, oxidising to form sulphate aerosols, these volcanic aerosols reduce net shortwave radiation causing widespread, long lasting surface cooling. They also lead to a reduction in global rainfall, while wettening some dry regions and causing dynamic changes in the large-scale circulation of both ocean and atmosphere.

3. Napolean Hill:

   The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, Just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.

4. Micah Ali:

   These families are in need. These families are not interested in lawyers making a tremendous amount of money on the backs of poor black and brown people.

5. Elizabeth Blaney:

   That's a pretty concentrated amount.

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