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. Peter Crockford:

   Over the 100 to 200 million years before this die-off event there was a large amount of life on the planet, but after this event a huge portion died off, however, instead of recovering like more recent mass extinctions, the amount of life on the planet or size of the biosphere stayed small for the following billion years of Earths historyabout two billion to one billion years ago.

2. Anthony Scaramucci:

   He’s done an amazing job, i wish him well and I hope he goes on to make a tremendous amount of money.

3. Tim Cook:

   The vast majority of our products are kind of made everywhere, there is a significant level of content in the United States, and a lot from Japan to Korea to China, and the European Union also contributes a fair amount. ... I think that will carry the day in the future as well.

4. Christopher Murphy:

   The less riskier position would be to buy puts, because there’s a limited amount you can lose. That might be why we’re seeing more put volume.

5. Aly El-Bahrawy:

   It's like somebody has control over a tap. If the Ethiopian people for some reason want to reduce the amount of water coming to Egypt, it would be a great problem.