tantamount

• HYPHEN: tan=ta=mount

CIDE DICTIONARY

tantamount, a. [F. tant so much (L. tantus) + E. amount.].

 Equivalent in value, signification, or effect.  [1913 Webster]
"A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right."  [1913 Webster]
"The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was tantamount to ruin."  [1913 Webster]

tantamount, v. i. 

 To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount.  Jer. Taylor.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tantamount, predic.adj. (foll. by to) equivalent to (was tantamount to a denial).

Etymology

f. obs. verb f. It. tanto montare amount to so much

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

tantamount

Equality

N equality, parity, coextension, symmetry, balance, poise, evenness, monotony, level, equivalence, equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance, par, quits, a wash, not a pin to choose, distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other, tweedle dee and tweedle dum, identity, similarity, equalization, equation, equilibration, co-ordination, adjustment, readjustment, drawn game, drawn battle, neck and neck race, tie, draw, standoff, dead heat, match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother, equivalent, equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate, on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with, up to the mark, equiparant, equivalent, tantamount, indistinguishable, quits, homologous, synonymous, resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less, much the same as, the same thing as, as good as, all one, all the same, equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous, equibalanced, equalized, drawn, half and half, isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric, isoperimetrical, isobath, isobathic, equally, pari passu, ad eundum, caeteris paribus, in equilibrio, to all intents and purposes, it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing, what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gande.

Meaning

N meaning, signification, significance, sense, expression, import, purport, force, drift, tenor, spirit, bearing, coloring, scope, substance, gist, essence, marrow, spirit, matter, subject, subject matter, argument, text, sum and substance, general meaning, broad meaning, substantial meaning, colloquial meaning, literal meaning, plain meaning, simple meaning, natural meaning, unstrained meaning, true meaning, honest meaning, &c 543 prima facie meaning, letter of the law, literally, after acceptation, synonym, implication, allusion, suggestion, figure of speech, acceptation, meaning, expressive, suggestive, allusive, significant, significative, significatory, pithy, full of meaning, pregnant with meaning, declaratory, intelligible, literal, synonymous, tantamount, implied, explicit, to that effect, that is to say.