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Synonyms for sum
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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sum

    Synonyms:
    aggregate, entirety, mass, quantity, sum total, total, whole

    Antonyms:
    atom, corpuscle, element, grain, iota, jot, mite, molecule, particle, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sumnoun

    Synonyms:
    aggregate, total, example, problem, whole, amount, quantity, collection, substance, gist, tenor, height, completion, drift, bearing

    Antonyms:
    part, portion, item, imperfection, incompleteness, miscalculation, misinterpretation

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. sum, sum of money, amount, amount of moneynoun

    a quantity of money

    "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"

    Synonyms:
    nitty-gritty, sum total, marrow, meat, join, quantity, core, summation, total, aggregate, amount of money, union, gist, heart and soul, totality, sum of money, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, measure, amount, essence, heart, inwardness, pith

  2. sum, amount, totalnoun

    a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers

    Synonyms:
    nitty-gritty, sum total, marrow, meat, join, quantity, core, summation, total, aggregate, amount of money, union, gist, heart and soul, totality, sum of money, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, measure, amount, essence, heart, inwardness, pith

  3. sum, summation, sum totalnoun

    the final aggregate

    "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"

    Synonyms:
    nitty-gritty, rundown, sum total, marrow, meat, join, core, summation, total, aggregate, amount of money, union, gist, heart and soul, totality, sum of money, substance, nub, center, centre, kernel, plus, amount, essence, summing up, heart, inwardness, pith, addition

  4. kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-grittynoun

    the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

    "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

    Synonyms:
    affection, summation, warmness, sum of money, sum total, means, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, content, nucleus, plaza, meaning, meat, bone marrow, centre, burden, stub, center, tenderness, snapper, core, totality, marrow, heart and soul, fondness, total, nerve, core group, internality, marrow squash, nerve center, shopping center, aggregate, nub, join, kernel, nitty-gritty, union, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, nubble, bosom, mall, essence, ticker, message, pump, magnetic core, effect, mettle, shopping centre, perfume, spunk, philia, subject matter, amount of money, midpoint, vegetable marrow, eye, amount, middle

  5. sum, total, totality, aggregatenoun

    the whole amount

    Synonyms:
    nitty-gritty, sum total, marrow, meat, join, entirety, core, summation, total, aggregate, amount of money, union, gist, heart and soul, totality, sum of money, substance, nub, center, conglomeration, centre, kernel, amount, essence, entireness, congeries, heart, integrality, inwardness, pith

  6. union, sum, joinverb

    a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

    "let C be the union of the sets A and B"

    Synonyms:
    trade union, marriage, matrimony, juncture, substance, wedlock, conglutination, meat, centre, jointure, center, summation, conjugation, core, unification, marrow, articulation, coupling, join, aggregate, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, mating, pairing, gist, trades union, inwardness, amount of money, pith, heart, amount, essence, junction, sum of money, heart and soul, labor union, brotherhood, totality, total, joint, union, spousal relationship, sum total, sexual union, uniting

  7. summarize, summarise, sum, sum upverb

    be a summary of

    "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"

    Synonyms:
    summarise, resume, sum up, add, summarize, total, tally, tot up, add up, summate, tote up, tot, add together

  8. total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add upverb

    determine the sum of

    "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

    Synonyms:
    supply, tot, resume, tote up, bring, impart, hit, rack up, add, match, fit, add up, make sense, summarize, agree, tot up, sum up, chalk up, summarise, bestow, number, score, gibe, append, tally, correspond, come, add together, jibe, contribute, total, summate, lend, amount, check

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sumnoun

    Synonyms:
    aggregate amount, total, totality, the whole, sum total, gross amount

  2. sumnoun

    Synonyms:
    quantity of money

  3. sumnoun

    Synonyms:
    SUMMARY, sum and substance

  4. sumnoun

    Synonyms:
    question (in arithmetic), problem

  5. sumverb

    Synonyms:
    add, add together, sum up, cast up

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. sumnoun

    Synonyms:
    amount, total, aggregate, sum total, problem, example

  2. sumverb

    Synonyms:
    cast up, add, compute, summarize

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How to use sum in a sentence?

  1. Carl Sandburg:

    Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of al evil, the sum of all blessings.

  2. Theodore Roosevelt:

    While my interest in natural history has added very little to my sum of achievement, it has added immeasurably to my sum of enjoyment in life.

  3. Todd Starnes:

    Michael Moore tweeted that snipers like Chris Kyle are cowards. Seth Rogen - who made his mark with movies about sexually frustrated pot heads - compared Kyle's bio-pic to a Nazi propaganda film, here is the sum and substance, folks. Chris Kyle killed bad guys so that good guys could live.

  4. Anonymous:

    Ama me fideliter Fidem meam noto De corde totaliter Et ex mente tota, Sum presentialiter Absens in remota.

  5. Michael Bloomberg:

    Each time, he took on a candidate he believed in at a time when New York was in crisis, his success in political campaigns can be seen in his extraordinary won-loss record, but his greatest achievement is the sum of his work: a city and state that are stronger than ever.


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