ADDED Synonyms: 133 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈa-dəd

Definition of added

as in additional

resulting in an increase in amount or number ever since his mother got sick, he's had the added responsibility of getting his little sister ready for school

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fewer

added

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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 calculated

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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Adjective

Vanilla contains trace antioxidants and can enhance sweetness, helping reduce added sugar. — Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 7 Apr. 2026 Betts, a senior, was asked Thursday if there was any added pressure for this Bruins squad, which is loaded with fellow seniors who know what’s on the line in Phoenix. — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026

Verb

The district also added eight electric buses to its fleet this week, funded by a federal Clean School Bus Program award, as the district explores whether this could help save on fuel costs long term. — Willa Rubin, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 Arike Ogunbowale scored a season-high 32 points, Jessica Shepard added a career-best 26 and the Dallas Wings beat Indiana 91-85 on Thursday night, ending the Fever's five-game winning streak. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for added

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Adjective

Because this round of expansion was primarily driven by price increases, much of the additional revenue flowed straight to the bottom line.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Saline County will pay an additional $50,000 in attorney's fees.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of additional

Verb

The indie thriller is a low-budget effort from LaBute made entirely independently, with no studio or distributor attached.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Technicians loaded the observatory with 290 gallons (1,100 liters) of hydrazine fuel on July 25, then attached it to its payload adapter in early August.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of attached

Verb

Once the ratings period ends, the average score is calculated to determine the final ratings.

— USA TODAY, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Those estimates are necessary to build financial aid packages, but the cost of living can change in the months between when the numbers are calculated and when students arrive on campus.

— Adrienne Roberts, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of calculated

Adjective

The first established the system in flight, while the latest evaluation added further data from multiple rounds launched through HIMARS.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Simply put, acknowledging the reality—even if the administration won’t state it in these terms—of avoiding a further, major military campaign as the conflict drags on.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of further

Verb

That change was introduced to help give club staff working across transfer departments a more normal working pattern.

— Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Selective repression had already been introduced before 2022 with the imprisonment of a number of governors, ministers, and high-ranking civil servants on charges of corruption and abuse of power.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of introduced

Verb

Perhaps Wrexham chief executive Michael Williamson summed things up best shortly before ringing the Nasdaq bell in Times Square to launch both the day’s trading on the world’s second biggest stock exchange and the club’s new home shirt.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Because colonization can precede infection, one patient may count as both a screening case and, later, a clinical case, so the two totals overlap and cannot be summed.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of summed

Adjective

ESOPs could provide more hope, but there are only 201 in Florida.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
In years past, Farel and his team from Farel Salon & Spa have hosted tennis icons including Coco Gauff, Iga Świątek, Aryna Sabalenka, Naomi Osaka, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz, Patrick McEnroe, Chris Evert, Billie Jean King and more.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of more

Verb

Chinese manufacturers have expanded from areas including etching and deposition into ion implantation, inspection and metrology, according to Goldman.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
His father, Charles, had expanded the New Jersey real estate development business his grandfather, a Polish Holocaust survivor, had begun after starting out as a construction laborer.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

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