1. Complete, with no part missing or lacking
   "a total eclipse"; "The total amount was paid";
   - entire, full
    
2. Total or absolute (intensifier, usually emphasizing negative qualities)
   "it was a total disaster";
   - arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding [Brit, informal], stark, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated, rigorous

1. The complete amount or number when all parts are combined
   "The total of his debts exceeded his assets";
   - sum, totality, aggregate
    
2. A quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
   "The total of their ages was over 200 years";
   - sum, amount

1. Equal a particular sum or quantity when calculated or combined
   "The expenses might total more than the expected budget";
   - number, add up, come, amount, come to
    
2. Determine the sum of
   "You need to total all the items on the receipt";
   - tot [Brit, informal], tot up [Brit, informal], sum, sum up, summate [rare], add, add together, tally, add up
    
3. [N. Amer, S.Africa, informal] Damage beyond the point of repair
   "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert"

Derived forms: totalling, totalled, totals, totaled, totaling

See also: add, complete, unmitigated, whole

Type of: be, count, damage, enumerate, number, numerate, quantity, unit, whole

Encyclopedia: Total