GRAND TOTAL Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

grand total

noun

Definition of grand total

as in total

a complete amount of something The grand total of the proceeds from the fund-raiser was over $100,000.

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Recent Examples of grand total That’d bring a grand total of $254 million, or €223 million, which is significant in the soccer market. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 The United States has won a grand total of one knockout round game in its history at the world’s biggest sporting showcase – and it’s been 24 years since that happened. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 25 June 2026 Thirty-four minutes into this match, there has been a grand total of one shot on goal. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 June 2026 Additionally, Reitman, Kenan and Jay Levine, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer & Business Operations of Sony Pictures presented a $150,000 match donation check on behalf of Sony to Starlight Children’s Foundation, for a grand total of $666,000. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for grand total

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Noun

Rainfall totals could climb into the double-digits in areas hit repeatedly Wednesday since rain began there earlier this week.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Collins has not yet reported his latest fundraising totals for the quarter.

— Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of total

Noun

Beijing did not have to fire a shot, spend vast sums or use up political capital.

— Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
That would do little for the club, the championship or, most importantly, the spectators who pay big sums for a true test of golf rather than a birdie fest.

— Gregg Evans, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Definition of sum

Noun

The totality of Clark’s effort made White react more like a fan than a coach.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 18 July 2026
The moon—hidden in the daytime sky until its silhouette cuts a narrow curve at the sun’s edge—slowly slides across the disk of our star toward totality, the time when the moon completely blocks the sun.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 July 2026

Definition of totality

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This ingredient outmasses the full sum total of all normal matter by about a 5-to-1 ratio, clumps and clusters like (slow-moving) matter does, but doesn’t interact with normal matter or light in any measurable way.

— Big Think, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026
In sum total, almost 14 percent of the total subscriber pool here between HBO Max and Paramount+ already subscribes to both services.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 2 Mar. 2026

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Perhaps more than any other tech companies out there today, Amazon and SpaceX are both conglomerates with broad collections of assets and businesses that each believe work together to create a more powerful whole.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Ongoing expenses, including server costs, residual obligations, and, yes, licensing considerations, made the whole of Hollywood history harder to manage and, by extension, it was seen as less marketable to some.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 July 2026

Definition of whole

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In just its first two days, the feature-length doc racked up 9 million views, the streamer reported on Tuesday, second only to Millie Bobby Brown threequel Enola Holmes 3 (12 million views over the fulls even days).

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
To apply with your hands, dispense two dropper fulls, rub the palms of your hands together, and then evenly rub into your face and neck—just don’t forget to wash your hands when you’re done.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 June 2025

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