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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Recent Examples of added

Adjective

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 Russian Defense Ministry Press Service / via AP Now the world has reverted to an early Cold War mentality, when uncertainty and acceptance of conflict were high, added Sokov, who is now a senior fellow at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026

Verb

The researchers added that small and medium-sized unmanned undersea vehicles are cheap, can be used in large numbers, and remove risks to military crews. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026 The MasterChef runner-up-turned-host added that she was surprised by all the attention the rumors received. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for added

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Adjective

Aircraft owners use charter revenues to offset some of their operating costs, though the extra flights bring additional expenses for maintenance, pilots, and wear-and-tear.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Operators can scale fueling capacity as additional vehicles enter service without making significant upfront infrastructure investments.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of additional

Verb

Bale was cast as Patrick Bateman in the film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho, with Mary Harron attached to direct.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026
Just look at the sleeve of XXXXX, the latest in her Giger-esque series of covers featuring cyborg-like beings, where her body is attached to what looks like some kind of tank or ship.

— Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of attached

Verb

The demonstration calculated the electrostatic interaction energy of nitric oxide reductase, a chemically complex metalloenzyme system.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
The Maya, for example, observed and calculated intervals between solar and lunar eclipses, building predictions and calendars around the pattern.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of calculated

Adjective

Helicopters and drones have also been deployed to help battle the fire, while crews have built firebreaks to try to prevent further spread.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
He was taken to the medical tent for an immediate examination, then led back inside the practice facility for further evaluation.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of further

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

SeaWorld San Antonio welcomed seven more beluga whales on Tuesday, the latest development in the international effort to relocate dozens of the mammals from a shuttered Canadian theme park.

— Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
The state-run National News Agency reported more people wounded in overnight strikes on the village of Burj al-Shemali, but the number was not clear.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of more

Verb

There were reports that Seagate expanded their head production facilities by 3X in Minneapolis in June, 2026.

— Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The conflict in the Middle East has expanded over recent days, with tensions between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia ramping up.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

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