Synonyms for add up
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Tally — to take the sum of; to total
tally, tot up UK, total, add, sum, sum up, tote up informal, tot, foot up, count up, cast up, reckon up, tally up, tote, summate rare
2. Work out — to make sense; to be reasonable or consistent
work out, make sense, count, figure, track, hang together, calculate, reckon, compute
Definitions
- v. 1
To take the sum of; to total.
Add up the prices and find out how much it will cost.
- v. 2
To accumulate; to amount to.
If you can save even a couple of dollars per day, it will add up to a lot over a year.
- v. 3
To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.
His story just doesn't add up. Why would he have been at the restaurant the day before the event?
Related words
- Is a kind of
- calculate
Choose the right word
We cast up or sum up an account, though add up and make up are now more usual expressions.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- total The total bill for drinks came up to 7000 dollars.
- add Do you know how to add new contacts to this phone?
- sum I pay quite a sum of money for each game-cassette.
- tally It's the end of the quiz! Time to tally up the scores.
By length
- 3 letters
- add1, sum1, tot1
- 4 letters
- come1, tote1
- 5 letters
- total2, track1, count1, tally2
- 6 letters
- number2, figure2, amount2, gather2, reckon2, accrue2
- 7 letters
- compute2, summate
- 9 letters
- calculate3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (total2 = 2 syllables).