Antonyms for tantamount
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tan-tuh-mount |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæn təˌmaʊnt |
Definition of tantamount
Origin :- 1640s, from verbal phrase tant amount "be equivalent" (1620s), from Anglo-French tant amunter "amount to as much" (late 13c.), from Old French tant "as much" (from Latin tantus, from tam "so") + amonter "amount to, go up" (see amount).
- adj same
- He did not answer her, for he could not speak at all; but his silence was tantamount to an admission.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- He made a furious gesture, which was tantamount to sending her to the devil.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- It would be tantamount to acknowledging she was for sale but that he hadn't the price.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- The average Republican regarded this message as tantamount to a declaration of war.
- Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
- This would not do, said the colonel; it was tantamount to insubordination.
- Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
- It was tantamount to treason that he should purpose anything else.
- Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King
- It is tantamount to proclaiming that there cannot be too much aristocracy.
- Extract from : « The Cult of Incompetence » by Emile Faguet
- This is tantamount to proclaiming a form of vassalage—a thing which is not to be tolerated.
- Extract from : « The Cult of Incompetence » by Emile Faguet
- This was tantamount to a reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine.
- Extract from : « A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year » by Edwin Emerson
- To go in the car was tantamount to taking the chauffeur into her confidence.
- Extract from : « The Sins of Sverac Bablon » by Sax Rohmer
Synonyms for tantamount
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