GRAND TOTAL Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

grand total

noun

Definition of grand total

as in total

a complete amount of something The grand total of the proceeds from the fund-raiser was over $100,000.

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Recent Examples of grand total Toss in an additional 196 cases of 24-packs of 12-ounce non-alcoholic cans (4,704 cans) of Old Milwaukee, owned by Anheuser-Busch, for a grand total of 33,984 cans of beer. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 After Ann Sather opens in the former Stella’s space, the grand total of Ann Sather restaurants will be four, at least until the end of the year. — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Barkley hadn’t always been saddled by lackluster Knicks games; in 2010-11, New York was afforded a grand total of zero national TV dates. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 July 2026 So far, Meyer’s made a grand total of $700 (about $500 USD) and counting. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for grand total

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Noun

The robot has been OK on totals this season (4-3), so maybe this is a smart move.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Trudy was expected to bring 4-8 inches (10-20 centimeters) of rain through the weekend, with isolated totals of around 12 inches (30 centimeters) along and near the coast in Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of total

Noun

Here, the seller advances a sum of money to the buyer’s lender, which then reduces the buyer’s mortgage rate for a certain period, usually a year or two.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Some companies are loath to spend large sums of money on new equipment when there are no tangible benefits or savings.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of sum

Noun

We’re usually not supposed to look directly at the sun except during the glorious totality of a solar eclipse.

— Damien Pine, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
Along the way are mountain towns, desert oases, Mediterranean islands and historic cities where eclipse chasers can experience anything from a few minutes to more than six minutes of totality.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of totality

Noun

That is not to overstate what those four produced with the Heat, with a sum total of zero playoff-game victories over the past two seasons, only one over the past three.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026
This ingredient outmasses the full sum total of all normal matter by about a 5-to-1 ratio, clumps and clusters like (slow-moving) matter does, but doesn’t interact with normal matter or light in any measurable way.

— Big Think, Big Think, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of sum total

Noun

Speeding up one part does not necessarily speed up the whole.

— Luis Aburto, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Cooked, though, is like a film about said playground, each shot carefully captured and then edited into a strange and multivalent whole that could take a lifetime to parse.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of whole

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In just its first two days, the feature-length doc racked up 9 million views, the streamer reported on Tuesday, second only to Millie Bobby Brown threequel Enola Holmes 3 (12 million views over the fulls even days).

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
To apply with your hands, dispense two dropper fulls, rub the palms of your hands together, and then evenly rub into your face and neck—just don’t forget to wash your hands when you’re done.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 June 2025

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