'Tantamount' definitions:
Definition of 'tantamount'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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)]
Definition of 'Tantamount'
From: GCIDE
- Tantamount \Tan"ta*mount`\, v. i. To be tantamount or equivalent; to amount. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tantamount'
From: GCIDE
- Tantamount \Tan"ta*mount`\, a. [F. tant so much (L. tantus) + E. amount.] Equivalent in value, signification, or effect. [1913 Webster]
- A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was tantamount to ruin. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tantamount'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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