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 The Debrecen plant adds another major manufacturing location as CATL expands its production footprint closer to European vehicle manufacturers. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026 An available upgrade kit included on the orange show model adds two side windows, a opening roof hatch window and a 145-W solar panel for €3,950 ($4,500). — New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026 Smarter, Faster Candidate Screening Recruiters spend an enormous portion of their time on initial resume screening—a necessary task that’s rarely where their expertise adds the most value. — Amee Parekh, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Monthly subscription prices for Hulu + Live, which adds cable channels delivered over the Internet to Hulu’s on-demand options, went up by $10. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026 TechCrunch highlighted how Brick adds real-world friction to screen-time limits. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026 Long agrees, but adds that those who may be child-free should beware of many of those accounts' inflexibility. — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 More than 350,000 out of hospital cardiac arrest deaths occur each year in the United States, the heart association adds. — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 Cornyn’s reaction — after the two Republicans spent months attacking each other on the campaign trail — adds further uncertainty as Hunt seeks Republican support. — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for adds

Verb

New Blood introduces new twists to gameplay to capitalize on that tension; this season, the Traitors have a $15,000 bounty on their heads, money that will be added to the prize pot every time the group banishes one.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
The Mohegan Sun introduces its new team, the Connecticut Sun.

— Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of introduces

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Rolls-Royce calculates that this individual output matches more than 150 onshore wind turbines, with an operational design life exceeding 60 years.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget calculates that the 10-year Treasury at 5% is about 80 basis points above the CBO’s baseline.

— Matt Peterson, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of calculates

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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

The Debrecen plant adds another major manufacturing location as CATL expands its production footprint closer to European vehicle manufacturers.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Whether Wild’s Target shelf presence expands beyond its initial nationwide rollout into additional SKUs or premium placement.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of expands

Verb

Holtz counts three separate fingers on each one, unfused and free-standing.

— Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026
The Mets often overachieve when the rest of baseball counts them out, and underachieve when the expectations are the highest.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of counts

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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