amounts

NOUN

quantity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bulk chunk extent load lot measure number supply ton volume

STRONG

bags bundle expanse flock gob heap hunk jillion magnitude mass mess mint oodles pack passel peck pile scads score slat slew whopper

WEAK

aplenty mucho

NOUN

total

Synonyms

STRONGEST

budget cost damage expense extent lot outlay output price tag product sum

STRONG

addition aggregate body entirety list net quantum score set-back tab whole

WEAK

all bad news tidy sum

Antonyms

STRONG

individual one part

NOUN

whole effect

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burden import result value

STRONG

body core matter purport sense significance substance thrust upshot

WEAK

full value

Antonyms

STRONG

insignificance meaninglessness nothing nothingness

VERB

equal, add up to

Synonyms

STRONG

aggregate approach approximate become correspond effect extend grow match mean number purport reach rival sum tally total touch

WEAK

be equivalent to be tantamount to check with come to develop into

Antonyms

STRONG

decrease depart fail leave lessen shrink subtract

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

KKR’s biggest private-credit fund took what amounts to a 10% write-down of its net asset value.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Small amounts of salt in food can help preserve it by preventing bacteria from growing.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

I experienced many years of poverty, but as soon as things improved, I began putting small amounts into a tax-sheltered retirement fund.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The chip could also help deep space missions process, store, and transmit massive amounts of scientific data back to Earth more efficiently.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

The willingness of whoever this person was to sell him such vast amounts of cheap insurance gave Mike Burry another idea: to start a fund that did nothing but buy insurance on subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis