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amount

[uh-mount] / əˈmaʊnt /
NOUN
quantity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bulk chunk extent load lot measure number supply ton volume
STRONG
bags bundle expanse flock gob heap hunk jillion magnitude mass mess mint oodles pack passel peck pile scads score slat slew whopper
WEAK
aplenty mucho
NOUN
total
Synonyms
STRONGEST
budget cost damage expense extent lot outlay output price tag product sum
STRONG
addition aggregate body entirety list net quantum score tab whole
WEAK
all bad news tidy sum
Antonyms
STRONG
individual one part
NOUN
whole effect
Synonyms
STRONGEST
burden import result value
STRONG
body core matter purport sense significance substance thrust upshot
WEAK
full value
Antonyms
STRONG
insignificance meaninglessness nothing nothingness
VERB
equal, add up to
Synonyms
STRONG
aggregate approach approximate become correspond effect extend grow match mean number purport reach rival sum tally total touch
WEAK
be equivalent to be tantamount to check with come to develop into
Antonyms
STRONG
decrease depart fail leave lessen shrink subtract

Example Sentences

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"We saw up to 100-fold differences in the amount of cholera colonization as a function of diet alone," Hsiao said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Beijing gradually increased the amount of oil the teapots could import.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

He pointed to an increase in the amount of workloads being moved to the cloud and to growing adoption of AI among consumers and enterprises.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Neurocrine will fund the transaction with cash on hand, and plans to “optimize its capital structure” by assuming a modest amount of pre-payable debt.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

I’m glad for this girl I don’t know, and for whatever amount of solace she managed to find after a terrible situation.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.