Add definition

Add as a verb

1. make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of

   "We added two students to that dorm room"

2. state or say further

   Same sense: supply, append

3. bestow a quality on

   "The music added a lot to the play"

   Same sense: bring, contribute, lend, impart, bestow

4. make an addition by combining numbers

   "Add 27 and 49, please!"

   Same sense: add together

5. determine the sum of

   "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

   Same sense: total, add up, add together, sum, sum up, tally, tote up, tot

6. constitute an addition

   "This paper will add to her reputation"

Synonyms and antonyms

• supply
• append
• bring definition
• contribute
• lend
• impart
• bestow
• add together
• total definition
• add up
• sum
• sum up
• tally
• tote up
• tot

Opposites: take away, subtract.

How to say add

Add has 1 syllable and rhymes with had. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with add

• had
• bad
• dad
• glad
• sad
• ad
• mad
• brad
• pad
• chad
• lad
• grad

ADD in word games

Scrabble

5

Words With Friends

5

Anagrams

1

Is ADD a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check ADD in the word checker, or unscramble ADD to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.