tantamount

Meanings

Plural: tantamounts

Adjective Satellite

being essentially equal to something
- "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt"

Adj

Equivalent in meaning or effect; amounting to the same thing in practical terms, even if being technically distinct.

Verb

To amount to as much; to be equivalent.

Noun

Something which has the same value or amount (as something else). (attributive use passing into adjective, below)

Origin / Etymology

First attested in English in 1628. Either inherited from an unattested Middle English borrowing from Anglo-Norman tant amount, from amunter, from tant (“as much”) amonter (“to amount to”) or borrowed in the early 17th century from Italian tanto montare (“to amount to as much”).

Synonyms

equivalent

Scrabble Score: 12

tantamount is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tantamount is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 16

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