SUM TOTALS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

sum totals

noun

plural of sum total

as in totals

a complete amount of something in this case the sum total of physical evidence that a crime has been committed wouldn't fill a thimble

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Noun

OpenAI raised $122 billion in a single round this year and Anthropic $65 billion, totals which no Chinese company can match.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
In 2020, Andrew Booker of the University of Bristol and Andrew Sutherland of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology settled the case for when the sum of x3 + y3 + z3 totals 42.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of totals

Noun

The 2027 total solar eclipse is part of a family of moon shadows called Saros 136, which produces very long-duration totalities.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
While Spain offers a European setting, many eclipse chasers are eyeing destinations like Tunisia and Egypt for their very long totalities and very high chances of clear skies.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026

Definition of totalities

Noun

Cyrus, who becomes an administrator of veterans’ benefits, leaves his sons such large sums that Charles (Mike Faist) concludes that the old man must have raided his agency’s funds.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026
Love quickly gained the trust of dozens of women, allegedly convincing them to give him large sums of money.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

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