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Synonyms for sum up

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

add add up cast up sum figure up

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Sum

sum, add up, number, total, add, cast up, tote up informal, tot up, tally, condense, tot, summate rare

2. Summarize

summarize, summarise UK, recapitulate, resume, recap

Other

epitomize UK US, epitomise UK, figure up

Noun

run-through, summary

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To produce a total by adding.

    We summed up the donations and found that we had just enough to pay the bills.

  2. v. 2

    To summarize.

    So, to sum up your argument, what you are saying is that it is impossible.

  3. n. 1

    A summary.

Related words

Other spellings
sum-up

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Sum Up, Cast Up, Add Up or Make Up?

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

  • add Do you know how to add new contacts to this phone?
  • sum I pay quite a sum of money for each game-cassette.

By length

3 letters
add1, sum1, tot1
5 letters
total2, tally2, recap2
6 letters
number2, resume2
7 letters
summary3, summate
8 letters
condense2
9 letters
summarize3, summarise, epitomize4, epitomise
12 letters
recapitulate5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (total2 = 2 syllables).