Tantamount \Tan"ta*mount`\, a. [F. tant so much (L. tantus) + E.
amount.]
Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.
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A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right.
--Hallam.
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The certainty that delay, under these circumstances,
was tantamount to ruin. --De Quincey.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tantamount \Tan"ta*mount`\, v. i.
To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount. [Obs.] --Jer.
Taylor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tantamount
adj : being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as
gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his
statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt"
[syn: equivalent, tantamount(p)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "tantamount":
alike, all one, all the same, analogous, answering, coequal,
complemental, complementary, convertible, coordinate,
correspondent, corresponding, duplicate, equal, equiparant,
equipollent, equivalent, homologous, identic, identical,
indistinguishable, like, much the same, reciprocal, reciprocative,
selfsame, uniform, very
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
equivalent, tantamount(p)
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