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Sum

🔄 Synonyms of "Sum"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
essencenoun	The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
corenoun	In general usage, an essential part of a thing surrounded by other essential things.
aggregatenoun	A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
pithnoun	(figurative) The central or innermost part of something; the core, the heart.
substancenoun	Physical matter; material.
marrownoun	(uncountable) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
heartnoun	(anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
totalitynoun	The state of being total.
totalnoun	An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
meatnoun	(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food, or a food designed to replicate its taste and texture (like plant-based meat).
tallynoun	(by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
kernelnoun	The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
amountnoun	The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
summateverb	To sum, add up; perform a summation.
addverb	(transitive) To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.
nubnoun	A small knob or lump.
totnoun	A small child.
add upverb	(idiomatic, intransitive) To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.
joinverb	(transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.
nitty-grittynoun	(originally US, colloquial, also attributively) The core or essence of something; the gist.
inwardnessnoun	The characteristic of being inward or directed towards the inside.
sum upverb	(ambitransitive) To summarize.
sum totalnoun	Total; the result of adding a set of figures or counting a number of items.
tot upverb	(transitive) To calculate the sum of a number of numbers or quantities.
add togetherverb	make an addition by combining numbers

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sum"

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Word	Definition
sum upverb	(ambitransitive) To summarize.
sum totalnoun	Total; the result of adding a set of figures or counting a number of items.
add upverb	(idiomatic, intransitive) To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.
totalnoun	An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.
tot upverb	(transitive) To calculate the sum of a number of numbers or quantities.
summateverb	To sum, add up; perform a summation.
amountnoun	The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
addnoun	(computer science) An act or instance of adding.
gistnoun	(countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
nitty-grittynoun	(originally US, colloquial, also attributively) The core or essence of something; the gist.
unionnoun	(countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
aggregatenoun	A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
substancenoun	Physical matter; material.
essencenoun	The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
inwardnessnoun	The characteristic of being inward or directed towards the inside.
totalitynoun	The state of being total.
kernelnoun	The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
centernoun	The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
joinnoun	An act of joining or the state of being joined; a junction or joining.
totnoun	A small child.