ADDS Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

adds

verb

present tense third-person singular of add

as in introduces

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

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as in calculates

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

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Recent Examples of adds Ground ginger adds a spicy note to cookies such as gingersnaps, preserves, quick breads like gingerbread, and beverages such as ginger ale. — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026 The Iowa project now adds another major nuclear investment to that push. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026 The deal adds scale and consumer health products, including products like Band-Aid and Motrin, to a tissue paper business. — Jeff Marks,zev Fima, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 In terms of story-telling, this approach connects somehow to the tragedy of the Titanic, adds Tykwer. — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 Inspired by vintage communication devices, this mechanism adds another layer of personality to a modern everyday carry item. — New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026 Case adds new chapter to the Tates’ global legal saga, as the polarizing influencers recast their brash misogynistic personas as exaggerated characters while denying wrongdoing across multiple countries. — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 This news, though, adds another roadblock to his ability to reclaim the starting quarterback spot for the Vikings. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Still, a supportive connection between the moon, Neptune and Pluto retrograde adds a deeper undercurrent to all the buzzing and socializing. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for adds

Verb

But once reunited, Eddie introduces Daphne as his daughter proudly and without irony.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
The Apple cart John Ternus, Apple Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, introduces the new M2 microprocessor at Apple's WWDC 2022 developer conference at the company's headquarters, Apple Park, in Cupertino.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of introduces

Verb

Medical assessment must establish the required range before a clinic calculates a meaningful price.

— Malana VanTyler, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Instead of tax returns, the lender reviews 12 or 24 months of actual bank statements and calculates income from the deposits flowing through the account.

— Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of calculates

Verb

The precision with which each woman is painted attaches the reader to the characters and the characters to the plot.

— Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
This small-but-mighty alarm attaches easily to a keychain or can be kept in your pocket, and provides an opportunity to create a diversion by emitting a piercing siren and flashing strobe light.

— Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of attaches

Verb

Thousands of Ukrainian deaths over this period because of too few military provisions sums it all up.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026
This communal spirit sums the vibe at Daisy Chain Fields, a one-day festival in Irvine, California, celebrating women in the arts.

— Brendan Hay, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of sums

Verb

Its value becomes visible when delivery accelerates and engineering capacity expands without weakening architecture, quality standards or ownership.

— Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
All of those companies have been massive winners for investors this year, with HPE and AMD more than doubling in value and Intel almost tripling, as the artificial infrastructure buildout expands to companies beyond Nvidia.

— Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of expands

Verb

But with a new staff and so many new faces across the coaching staff and offensive roster, even what eventually counts as real growth might be slow.

— Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
And honey was never hard to come by—her family counts six generations of beekeepers in it.

— Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of counts

Verb

So runs a typical sentence in Schattenfroh, as the bristlingly Latinate precariously appends two subordinate clauses, and leaves not so much a pleasant ring in the ear as a strenuous grinding of gears.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
Spivack recommends the use of authentication software such as Content Credentials, developed by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, which appends metadata about provenance to images and videos.

— Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 20 Oct. 2025

Definition of appends

Verb

Moreover, revisions to the way the Bureau of Economic Analysis computes the personal consumption expenditures price index are expected to take inflation readings issued earlier this year lower.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Nature computes, and one result is the code through which matter becomes a living, adaptive, self-organizing form.

— Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026