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amount (to)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of amount (to)

1 to have a total of

the expenses of the trip amounted to nearly double what weʼd budgeted for

Synonyms of amount (to)

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

Words Related to amount (to)

average, equal, measure, reach

compose, comprise, constitute, make up

Phrases Synonymous with amount (to)

clock in at

2 to be the same in meaning or effect

it makes no difference whether youʼre going to the game or the movies, for it amounts to the same thing—that you can't babysit

Synonyms of amount (to)

add up (to), come (to), correspond (to), emulate, equal

Words Related to amount (to)

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

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

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