tantamount

• Beschreibt etwas, das in seiner Schwere oder seinen Konsequenzen einer anderen Sache gleichkommt; wird oft in negativem oder ernstem Kontext verwendet.

Describes something that is equivalent in seriousness or effect to something else, often used with negative or serious connotations.

1. Equivalent in effectC1formal

   Equivalent in seriousness or effect to something else, often something bad.

   Gleichbedeutend mit

   • His silence was tantamount to an admission of guilt.
   • Refusing to help is tantamount to abandoning them.
   • The new policy is tantamount to a tax increase.

   Synonymecommensuratecomparablecorrespondingequalequivalentsynonymous