census

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of CENSUS

a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added <a thorough census of all the grizzly bears living within the national park>

Synonyms census, tale, tally

Related Words score; amount, gross, sum, total, whole; recount

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