Synonyms and antonyms of General words for numbers, amounts and quantities in British Thesaurus

accumulation (noun)

the amount of something that collects or is collected over time

allocation (noun)

an amount or share of something that is given to someone or used for a particular purpose

allowance (noun)

an amount of something that you are officially allowed by a particular set of rules or by the law

amount (noun)

a quantity of something

amount (noun)

informal a number of things. Many people consider this use to be incorrect

arithmetic (noun)

the number of people or things that are involved in a situation, and the way in which they affect the situation

backlog (noun)

an amount of work or other things that you should already have done or dealt with

balance (noun)

the amount of something that remains after part has been used

batch (noun)

a quantity of a substance needed or produced at one time

block (noun)

an amount of something, or a number of individual things that are considered together as a single object

capacity (noun)

the amount of something that can be put in a container, or the number of people that a place has room for

cavalcade (noun)

a number of important people, things, or events appearing or happening in a short space of time

certain of ()

several specific people or things belonging to a larger group

clump (noun)

mainly literary a group of people or things very close together

complement (noun)

the number of people or things that something has

concentration (noun)

science the amount of a substance that is present in something

count (noun)

the amount of a substance that is measured as being present in another substance, for example in your blood or in the air

deduction (noun)

an amount or number taken from a total

degree (noun)

an amount of something such as a feeling or a quality

demand (noun)

economics the amount of a product or service that people want, or the fact that they want it

density (noun)

the amount of something in a place

disequilibrium (noun)

formal a situation in which there is more of one thing than another so that there is a lack of balance

dose (noun)

an amount of a particular quality

dose (noun)

an amount of something bad that happens to you

flow (noun)

a supply of something that continues without stopping

inch (noun)

an amount of rain, snow, soil etc that would cover a surface with a layer that is one inch deep

inflow (noun)

an amount of something such as money or goods that comes into a place

intake (noun)

the amount of something that you eat or drink

investment (noun)

the amount of time, energy, or emotion needed in order to make something successful

level (noun)

the amount of something, especially when it can be counted or measured

market share (noun)

the percentage of the total amount of sales of a particular product that a company has

mass (noun)

chemistry the amount of matter that something contains

number (noun)

a quantity of people or things

order of magnitude (noun)

used to refer to the amount or degree of something

output (noun)

the amount of something that a person, organization, system etc produces

overdose (noun)

informal an amount of anything that is considered to be too much

overlap (noun)

the amount by which things overlap each other

overlay (noun)

a noticeable amount of a sound, taste, smell, or feeling that is added to another

part (noun)

some but not all of something

part (noun)

a particular quantity used for measuring equal amounts of different substances to form a mixture

penn’orth (noun)

Britishold-fashioned the amount of something that you can buy with a penny

pennyworth (noun)

old-fashioned the amount of something that you can buy with a penny

pool (noun)

a number or amount of something available for sharing

proportion (noun)

the relationship between two or more quantities or parts of a whole

quantity (noun)

the amount of something

quantity (noun)

a particular amount of something

quota (noun)

economics an amount of something that someone is officially allowed to have or do

quota (noun)

an amount of something that someone has to do

quota (noun)

informal an amount of something that you expect

range (noun)

a number of different things that are of the same general type

rank (noun)

a number of things arranged in a line

ratio (noun)

a relationship between the sizes of two numbers or amounts

refill (noun)

another amount of something that is put into a container after it has become empty

saving (noun)

an amount of something that you manage to avoid using or spending

scale (noun)

the rate at which something is produced, developed etc

several (determiner)

a number of people or things that is more than two or three, but not many

spread (noun)

a number of different things

stock (noun)

the total amount of something that is available for people to use

stream (noun)

a continuous flow of liquid or gas

stream (noun)

a continuous flow of people or things

supply (noun)

an amount or quantity of something that is available to use

throughput (noun)

the amount of work, people, or things that a system deals with in a particular period

tolerance (noun)

the amount by which the size of a part of a machine can be different from the standard size before it prevents the machine from operating correctly

two-ply/three-ply etc ()

used as a measurement of the number of strands in wool, rope, string etc

unit (noun)

a standard quantity used for measuring something

usage (noun)

the amount of something that you use

volume (noun)

an amount of something

wastage (noun)

the amount of something that is wasted

whack (noun)

informalvery informal an amount of something, usually money

worth (noun)

an amount measured by the time it lasts

yield (noun)

an amount of something that is produced

your ration of something ()

someone’s ration of something such as bad luck is the amount that they are likely to have in their life