n. 1 total, aggregate, grand total, sum total, whole, totality; amount, quantity The sum of money found in the satchel was not revealed by the police He would give the neighbourhood children small sums to spend on sweets.
v. 2 sum up. a recapitulate, summarize, encapsulate, synopsize, digest, abridge, condense, consolidate, epitomize, review He summed up by reminding the children not to accept gifts from strangers b reckon, add up, calculate, total, tot up, measure (up), take the measure of They summed up their chances of escaping c estimate, evaluate, size up, assess She had summed him up the minute she saw him