Antonyms for amounts
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : uh-mount |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈmaʊnt |
Definition of amounts
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
- Only, just think what it amounts to—prying into the affairs of a stranger.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
- Their "luck" with Chrysanthemums amounts almost to magic sometimes.
- Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
- He entered the amounts in the "Ledger," and then returned to his seat.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- On failure, I shall empower some lawyer in your country to recover the amounts.
- Extract from : « The Contrast » by Royall Tyler
- You accuse me of injustice—of what amounts to inhumanity—of cruelty?
- Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- It was an imitation of printing, with the amounts filled in.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
- Didn't have nothin' that amounts to nothin' to stay for anyhow.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- In the case of the world, the perturbation is very slight, and amounts only to a reversal of motion.
- Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato
- If there's anything up that amounts to anything, 'Lizabeth, I'll come back and let you know.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Compared with amounts like this, what were the paltry sums he had been used to handle?
- Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
Synonyms for amounts
- 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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