tantamount

adjective

Definition of tantamountnext
as in analogous
equal to something in value, meaning, or effect His statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt. They see any criticism of the President as tantamount to treason.

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Recent Examples of tantamount Given the choice between a lacklustre man and no man at all, straight women are leaning toward the latter—a fate even the romance-resistant Liz Lemon saw as tantamount to giving up. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 But no series ostensibly for children has worked harder to guilt-trip adults into taking better care of their pets or belongings than the Toy Story movies, in which the mere act of putting away playthings is tantamount to mass murder. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026 In such a heavily Democratic district, winning the congressional primary is tantamount to winning the general election. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026 Tomás Sidenfaden, 45, a software engineer from Los Angeles, said the board has a big budget but is not delivering tantamount results, especially on homelessness, housing and public safety. — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for tantamount
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tantamount
  1. analogous
  2. comparable
  3. similar
  4. equivalent
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  • Moreover, the timeline for doing all this is roughly analogous as well – a matter of weeks, once the fissile material is in hand.
    — Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The timelines are just different, and finding analogous industries to benchmark defense companies against is not easy.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of analogous
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  • Through facilitated forums and advisory ecosystems, the organization builds environments where owners can test ideas, evaluate risk, and gain perspective from peers navigating comparable pressures.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Winner may not substitute, assign or transfer Prize or redeem Prize for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute Prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of comparable
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  • The arrests come a few weeks after 12 men were taken into custody in a similar sting operation in Miami-Dade.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • The Boyle Heights blaze, similar to the Eaton and Palisades fires, has revealed the region’s air monitoring can’t always tell people what they’ve been exposed to in a disaster.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of similar
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  • To advance pass President’s Reagan & Obama, the S&P 500 Index needs to be at 9,291 (DJIA equivalent to 67,274) with average annual performance of 14% over this term.
    — Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The Snyder fire, located 13 miles west of Grand Junction on Colorado’s Western Slope, remained the largest active fire in the state with a 30,165-acre footprint, equivalent to 47 square miles, as of Monday evening.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 30 June 2026
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“Tantamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tantamount. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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