Another word for sum
sum
n.
sum refers to the number or amount obtained by adding individual units the sum of 3 and 5 is 8; amount applies to the result obtained by combining all the sums, quantities, measures, etc. that are involved we paid the full amount of the damages; aggregate refers to the whole group or mass of individual items gathered together the aggregate of our experiences; total stresses the wholeness or inclusiveness of a sum or amount the collection reached a total of $200
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Another word for sum
A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition:
aggregate, amount, summation, sum total, total, totality. (Archaic) tale. See countAn amount or quantity from which nothing is left out or held back:
aggregate, all, entirety, everything, gross, total, totality, whole. (Informal) work (used in plural). Idioms: everything but (or except) the kitchen sink, lock, stock, and barrel, the whole ball of wax (or kit and caboodle) (or megillah) (or nine yards) (or shebang). See partAn organized array of individual elements and parts forming and working as a unit:
entity, integral, system, totality, whole. See partA condensation of the essential or main points of something:
recapitulation, rundown, run-through, summary, summation, summing-up, wrap-up. (Informal) recap. See words
To combine (figures) to form a sum.
Also used with up: add (up), cast, foot (up), tot2 (up), total, totalize. See increase
To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of:
abstract, epitomize, go over, recapitulate, review, run down, run through, summarize, synopsize, wrap up. (Informal) recap. See thoughts
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