add up to

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ADD UP

to be the same in meaning or effect <whether we take the 4:00 train or the 4:15 bus, it adds up to the same thing: they both get us back too late>

Synonyms add up (to), come (to), correspond (to), emulate, equal

Related Words approach, match, measure (up), meet, rival, touch; connote, denote, express, import, mean, signify, smack (of), spell, suggest

to have a total of <even if we pool all our money, it won't add up to enough to rent a beach house for a week>

Synonyms add up (to), aggregate, come (to), count (up to), number, sum (to or into), total

Related Words average, equal, measure, reach; compose, comprise, constitute, make up

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