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. Lawrence Haverty:

   You're going to see a very large amount of sales for others to pick up, and not all of it is going to Amazon.

2. 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.

3. Gareth Collins:

   The asteroid strike unleashed an incredible amount of climate-changing gases into the atmosphere, triggering a chain of events that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. This was likely worsened by the fact that it struck at one of the deadliest possible angles.

4. Clarence Ingram:

   The amount of flooding, theres places that the water has come in 20 feet higher than normal so that buildings are completely underwater, there are buildings completely swept away by the wind. Its just incredible, the amount of damage thats happened over there, of course, trees and cars and all the other stuff blown away.

5. Muhammad Iskandar:

   Suppliers need clear regulations first, such as the amount of subsidy for biodiesel.