amount: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with A · ends with T
Meaning of amount
noun
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
Example: The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.
A quantity or volume.
Example: Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
- nonstandard, proscribed, sometimes
The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
Listed forms: amounts.
Source: Wiktionary — amount.
verb
- intransitive, with-to
To total or evaluate.
Example: The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change.
- intransitive, with-to
To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.
Example: He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
- intransitive, obsolete
To go up; to ascend.
Listed forms: amounts, amounting, amounted.
Source: Wiktionary — amount.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for amount.
noun
a quantity of money
- sum
- sum of money
- amount of money
noun
how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
noun
a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
verb
add up in number or quantity
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is amount in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of amount
A(1) + M(3) + O(1) + U(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of amount
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from amount
47 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in amount. Showing up to 24, longest first.