TALLYING Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

tallying

verb

present participle of tally

as in corresponding

to be in agreement on every point our lists for best movies of the year tally perfectly

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Relevance

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as in scoring

to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points our team tallied four touchdowns and gained a total of 435 yards last game

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losing

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Recent Examples of tallying In a recent game against the New York Mets, May delivered six scoreless innings with just one walk and four hits, while tallying six strikeouts. —

Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 York criticized California for slow vote tallying and said other states like Colorado and Florida have systems in place to generate faster results. —

Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 9 June 2026 Officials spent days tallying votes from the June 2 primary, typical in a state where slow counting has made the process a target for frustration and conspiracy theories. —

ABC News, 9 June 2026 County election officials begin tallying the votes once the polls close and report results to the state starting two hours later. —

Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026 But the Cubs need Bregman to be more of a run producer, after tallying 18 RBIs through the first two months, and that largely will result from driving the ball. —

Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026 Brock’s offense was shut down by Liberty pitcher Bayleigh Taylor, tallying only two hits as a team in the contest. —

Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026 Michaela Onyenwere played her first game of the season for Washington, tallying six points and four fouls. —

Annie Costabile, New York Times, 26 May 2026 OTAs aren’t made for tallying completion numbers, but what can be gleaned is how comfortable Fields is with the playbook in his initial on-field reps within the offense. —

Pete Sweeney may 22, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026

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Verb

The nebula’s colors appear vivid because of a filter in the spectrograph that allows specific wavelengths of light to pass through, corresponding to specific types of gas.

— Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
On the other hand, if what AI generates is primarily more slop, busy work, and token spend without corresponding income gains, official statistics should not be inflated to flatter the technology.

— James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026