tantamount

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore T words

equivalent in effect or value to something else

In a sentence

Tantamount in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing tantamount in a sentence.

Refusing to testify was tantamount to an admission of guilt in the eyes of the jury.

Synonyms

equivalentcomparablesynonymous

Antonyms

differentunequal

Keep going

understood or implied without being openly stated

habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech

only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point

perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped

to twist together into a confused or knotted mass

to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something

needlessly repeating an idea using different words

needless repetition of the same idea in different words

Common questions

Tantamount (adjective) means equivalent in effect or value to something else

Here is tantamount used in an example sentence: "Refusing to testify was tantamount to an admission of guilt in the eyes of the jury."

Common synonyms for tantamount include equivalent, comparable, synonymous.

Antonyms of tantamount include different, unequal.

Tantamount is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.