Synonyms & Antonyms : Quantity





Quantity



( Noun )


I prefer quality to quantity.

Synonyms:

Measure

Amount

Bulk

Number

Sum-total

Volume

Aggregate

Contextual Examples:

The government is introducing new measures against tax fraud.

Government has to spend large amount on armaments.

The old man left bulk of his estate to his wife.

The number of students appearing in the Indian Civil Services may exceed our estimate this year.

What is the volume of water in the tank?

The aggregate to his marks in all the papers exceeds five hundred.

He was astonished to know the sum total of the value of his estate.



Antonyms:

Shortage

Deficiency

Insufficiency

Deficit

Contextual Examples:

There is no shortage of food grains in India now. Thanks to better seeds, better irrigation facilities and tractors!

You can remove the deficiency of blood in your body by better diet and some regular exercise.

Insufficiency of electric supply stands in the way of quicker industrialization in India.

This year’s budget is again a deficit budget, the deficit to be made up by larger borrowing and public deposits.




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