Entry Word: add

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase <the band recently added a saxophonist and a keyboard player to its ranks> <add another cup of flour to the mixture>

Synonyms adjoin, annex, append, tack (on)

Related Words affix, attach, fasten, fix, graft, hitch, tie; infuse, inject, insert, introduce

Near Antonyms detach, disconnect, disjoin, separate, unfasten; amputate, cut, excise, lop off, sever

Antonyms deduct, remove, subtract, take

2 to combine (numbers) into a single sum <when she added all the phone charges she discovered an error in her bill>

Synonyms foot (up), sum, total

Related Words calculate, cast, cipher, compute, figure, reckon, tally; count, enumerate, number