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Synonyms for tally

Most common

sum up summate chalk up

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To count something.

  2. v. 2

    To mathematically calculate a numeric result.

  3. v. 3

    To record something by making marks.

  4. n. 1

    One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.

Forms

Plural
tallies → counts, countings, reckonings, accounts…
Past participle
tallied
e.g. tallied → checked, matched, agreed, fitted…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
tallysteady
summatefalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
run1, add1, fit1, sum1, tab1, tot1
4 letters
cast1, suit1, mate1, jibe1, gibe1
5 letters
check1, total2, match1, agree2, score1, count1
6 letters
number2, answer2, record2, square1, fellow2, accord2, reckon2, cohere2
7 letters
account2, respond2, conform2, compute2, comport2, summate
8 letters
counting2, coincide3
9 letters
calculate3, reckoning3, harmonize3, enumerate4, harmonise
10 letters
correspond3, numeration
11 letters
counterpart3, enumeration5

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