SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
tantamount
adjective
Equivalent in effect or significance to something else.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Equivalent in effect
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Usage distinction
Return to topTantamount commonly takes to and usually compares effect or significance. Comparable is weaker because similarity for comparison is not equivalence.
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See tantamount in use
Canceling the only rehearsal would be tantamount to abandoning the performance.
Removing the only opening arm would be tantamount to canceling the moving demonstration, because the model could no longer perform its advertised action.
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