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Synonyms of add in English:

add


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verb

1‘the front porch was added in 1751’

SYNONYMS
attach, build on, add on, put on, put in, append, adjoin, join, affix, connect, annex
include
prefix, prepend
ANTONYMS

remove

2‘the calculating machine could store and add 23-digit numbers’

SYNONYMS
add up, add together, total, count, count up, figure up, compute, calculate, reckon, tally, enumerate, find the sum of
British tot up
dated cast up
ANTONYMS

subtract

3‘she added that she had every confidence in Laura’

SYNONYMS
go on to say, state further, continue, carry on
informal tack on, tag on

Phrases

    add something up

    ‘I added up all the subtotals’


    SYNONYMS
    total, add together, count, count up, figure up, compute, calculate, reckon, tally, enumerate, find the sum of
    British tot up
    dated cast up
    ANTONYMS

    subtract

    add up

    1‘the subsidies added up to £1700’


    SYNONYMS
    amount to, come to, run to, number, make, total, equal, be equal to, be equivalent to, count as
    British tot up to

    2‘the recent riots add up to a severe and deepening crisis’


    SYNONYMS
    amount to, constitute, comprise, equal, be equivalent to, approximate to
    signify, signal, mean, indicate, suggest, denote, point to, be evidence of, be symptomatic of
    informal spell, spell out
    literary betoken

    3‘the situation just didn't add up’


    SYNONYMS
    make sense, seem reasonable, seem plausible, stand to reason, stand up, hold up, hold water, bear examination, bear investigation, be verifiable, ring true, be convincing
    add to

    ‘her decision just added to his woe’


    SYNONYMS
    increase, magnify, amplify, augment, intensify, heighten, deepen, enhance, boost, inflate, escalate
    exacerbate, aggravate, inflame, worsen, make worse, compound, reinforce
    add fuel to the fire, add fuel to the flames, fan the flames, put salt on the wound
    ANTONYMS

    lessen