Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun total

2 senses of total

Sense 1
sum, total, totality, aggregate -- (the whole amount)
       => whole, unit -- (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit")

Sense 2
sum, amount, total -- (a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers)
       => quantity -- (the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb total

3 senses of total

Sense 1
total, number, add up, come, amount -- (add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Sense 2
total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up -- (determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town")
       => count, number, enumerate, numerate -- (determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change")

Sense 3
total -- (damage beyond the point of repair; "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert")
       => damage -- (inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree")

Antonyms of adj total

2 senses of total

Sense 1
entire, full, total -- (constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure")

INDIRECT (VIA whole) -> fractional -- (constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety; "a fractional share of the vote"; "a partial dose")

Sense 2
full, total -- (complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster")

INDIRECT (VIA complete) -> incomplete, uncomplete -- (not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass")

Similarity of adj total

2 senses of total

Sense 1
entire, full, total -- (constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure")
       => whole (vs. fractional) -- (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread")

Sense 2
full, total -- (complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster")
       => complete (vs. incomplete) -- (having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting")

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