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add up (to)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of add up (to)

1 to be the same in meaning or effect

whether we take the 4:00 train or the 4:15 bus, it adds up to the same thing: they both get us back too late

Synonyms of add up (to)

amount (to), come (to), correspond (to), emulate, equal

Words Related to add up (to)

approach, match, measure (up), meet, rival, touch

connote, denote, express, import, mean, signify, smack (of), spell, suggest

2 to have a total of

even if we pool all our money, it wonʼt add up to enough to rent a beach house for a week

Synonyms of add up (to)

aggregate, amount (to), come (to), count (up to), number, sum (to or into), total

Words Related to add up (to)

average, equal, measure, reach

compose, comprise, constitute, make up

Phrases Synonymous with add up (to)

clock in at

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