I. verb
1.
to make up as a total
their expenses amounted to just a hundred dollars
Synonyms: add up, aggregate, come, number, run (to or into), sum (to or into), total
Related Word: comprehend, comprise, embody, include, incorporate, reach, subsume
2.
to be essentially equivalent
that utter terror that amounts to madness
Synonyms: approach, correspond (to), equal, match, partake (of), rival, touch
Related Word: hint, imply, intimate, smack (of), suggest
Idioms: be near to, come to the same thing as, have all the earmarks ( or features) of
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: body 5, aggregate, budget, bulk, quantity, quantum, total
2.
Synonyms: substance 2, body, burden, core, matter, purport, sense, short, thrust, upshot