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amount
noun as in quantity
noun as in total
noun as in whole effect
verb as in equal, add up to
Strong matches
aggregate, approach, approximate, become, correspond, effect, extend, grow, match, mean, number, purport, reach, rival, sum, tally, total, touch
Weak matches
be equivalent to, be tantamount to, check with, come to, develop into
Example Sentences
When “Canceled” details the firestorm that followed, the amount of incompetence on display is shocking.
Moments later, a businessman entered his office seeking a withdrawal amounting to $500 to pay his bills; he too left empty-handed.
The amount of that adjustment depends on markets and the judgement of the OBR on the long-term performance of the economy.
The highest amount paid for a rare bootleg copy of the 45 record containing the catchy single “She’s So Naive” and “Here Come the Earwigs” was sold on Discogs for about $500.
Judge Aileen Cannon, of the Southern District of Florida, threw out the complaint this week, ruling that Newsmax’s filing amounted to a “shotgun pleading.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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