number

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of NUMBER

to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added <number those apples and tell me how many you have>

Synonyms enumerate, number, tell

Related Words add (up), tally, total; calculate, compute, reckon, table, tabulate; check, mark, tick (off); recount

to have a total of <the full-time staff numbers 30 people>

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

to have as part of a whole <is numbered among the great minds of our times>

Synonyms carry, comprehend, contain, embrace, encompass, entail, involve, number, subsume, take in

Related Words comprise, consist (of); bracket; have, hold, own, possess; admit, receive; compose, constitute, form, make; assimilate, embody, incorporate, integrate

Near Antonyms ban, bar, debar, preclude, prevent, prohibit; deny, refuse, reject; eliminate, except, rule out; lose, mislay, misplace

Antonyms exclude, leave (out), miss out [British], omit

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