List and Total

List

List noun - A record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system.

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Total and list are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Total" instead the word "List" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: listing, listed, lister

Total noun - A complete amount of something.

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List and total are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "List" instead the word "Total" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: totaled, tot, totality, totaling, totalled

good	good list	good total
full	full list	full total
special	special list	special total
best	best list	best total
Other adjectives: long, exact, short, current, many, single, small, actual, entire, massive, large, impressive, new, ridiculous, worst.

A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: The entire first half of Setting Sail is a laundry list of total impulsive stupidity.

Source: Roleplay / A New Age
John Hodgeman promoted his book with a list of 500 plausible hobo names, recited for 54 minutes in total.

Source: Long List
The inversion is hammered home when we see that Australia, usually first on the list of throwaway countries, managed to save Sydney from total destruction.

Source: Throw-Away Country

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