Antonyms for amount
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : uh-mount |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈmaʊnt |
Definition of amount
Origin :- late 13c., "to go up, rise, mount (a horse)," from Old French amonter, from a mont "upward," literally "to the mountain," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + montem (nominative mons) "mountain" (see mount (n.)). Meaning "to rise in number or quality (so as to reach)" is from c.1300. Related: Amounted; amounting.
- noun quantity
- noun total
- noun whole effect
- verb equal, add up to
- It was simply as to the amount of relaxation the country could bear in the duties.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- My hunger I could never satisfy with any amount of composition or extemporization of my own.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- To most of us "expanding" and "affording" amount to the same thing.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- But he cannot lend you the money, nor can he get the amount you want until to-morrow afternoon.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- And the amount of stories Mark, with all his contemplativeness could swallow, was amazing.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- I will sign you a blank cheque, which your uncle can fill up with the amount he has stolen.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- He had increased also the amount of money that he periodically sent East.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- She was amazed at the amount of work that had been accomplished.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- It was ridiculous, the amount of time she gave to that baby—out of all rhyme and reason.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- It was merely a stick that measured the amount of work done.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Synonyms for amount
- addition
- aggregate
- all
- aplenty
- approach
- approximate
- bad news
- bags
- be equivalent to
- be tantamount to
- become
- body
- budget
- bulk
- bundle
- burden
- check with
- chunk
- come to
- core
- correspond
- cost
- damage
- develop into
- effect
- entirety
- expanse
- expense
- extend
- extent
- flock
- full value
- gob
- grow
- heap
- hunk
- import
- jillion
- list
- load
- lot
- magnitude
- mass
- match
- matter
- mean
- measure
- mess
- mint
- mucho
- net
- number
- oodles
- outlay
- output
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- price tag
- product
- purport
- quantum
- reach
- result
- rival
- scads
- score
- sense
- set-back
- significance
- slat
- slew
- substance
- sum
- supply
- tab
- tally
- thrust
- tidy sum
- ton
- total
- touch
- upshot
- value
- volume
- whole
- whopper
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