ADDS Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

adds

verb

present tense third-person singular of add

as in introduces

to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase the band recently added a saxophonist and a keyboard player to its ranks add another cup of flour to the mixture

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as in calculates

to combine (numbers) into a single sum when she added all the phone charges herself, she discovered an error in her bill

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Recent Examples of adds Overhead in the soaring stone entry hall, a circa 1960s Italian bronze spiral chandelier adds a final sculptural flourish. — David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026 Most of the meals are shared with other guests, which adds a lovely social component to your stay, during which everyone usually shares tales of their travels. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026 An Executive membership adds 2% cash back on qualified purchases up to $1,250 per year, plus access to early shopping hours and service discounts. — Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 The political situation in Israel adds a combustible variable. — Ali Vaez, Time, 21 Oct. 2026 Dort adds another lockdown defender to Atlanta’s lineup; Wiggins is a reliable bench asset. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026 In doing so, the report adds new data to a growing pile of information about poverty and economic hardship in the state, showing that even before some of the upcoming federal benefit cuts take effect, a growing number of households are struggling. — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026 An air-blast system is included; the optional Flood Coolant module adds coolant delivery and chip collection for heavier metal work, while the Dust Collection module keeps wood and plastic jobs clean. — New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026 Halo adds a communications capability to this existing framework. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for adds

Verb

The national milestone introduces a convergence of technology and racial backlash in education that is unique to this moment in time.

— Kamau Bobb October 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
The first episode places the audience in New England, right after the American Civil War, and introduces us to veteran Cyrus Trask and his sons, Adam and Charles.

— Katie Gunderman, Allure, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of introduces

Verb

Votes are tallied quickly because each ballot box calculates results locally and prints a paper summary.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
The company calculates that this shift has resulted in a 20,790 ton reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, compared to using virgin materials.

— Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of calculates

Verb

When an agent needs a machine, Daytona attaches processing power and memory and resumes the snapshot.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Faster protein structure predictions Designing a protein that attaches to a specific biological target requires researchers to predict how the molecules fold and interact.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of attaches

Verb

This is becoming especially important as the AI economy expands.

— H.E. Dr Abdulla Saif Al Jarwan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Larger aircraft expands capacity The 737-10 typically seats between 185 and 210 passengers in a two-class configuration, although its maximum seating capacity reaches 230.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of expands

Verb

So runs a typical sentence in Schattenfroh, as the bristlingly Latinate precariously appends two subordinate clauses, and leaves not so much a pleasant ring in the ear as a strenuous grinding of gears.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
Spivack recommends the use of authentication software such as Content Credentials, developed by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity, which appends metadata about provenance to images and videos.

— Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 20 Oct. 2025

Definition of appends

Verb

Claude rewrites the relevant part of the query in Wolfram Language, Wolfram computes the result and Claude builds its response around that number instead of predicting it.

— Mateusz Mucha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Moreover, revisions to the way the Bureau of Economic Analysis computes the personal consumption expenditures price index are expected to take inflation readings issued earlier this year lower.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026