tantamount to's Usage Examples:

The phrase tantamount to election is often used to describe winning the dominant party's nomination.

South Carolina was a one-party state, and the Democratic nomination was tantamount to victory.

Louisiana was a one-party state and the Democratic nomination was tantamount to victory.

Having secured the Democratic nomination, which was often tantamount to election in the American South prior to the 1980s, Pryor easily defeated.

candidate in the general election, McClellan's primary victory was tantamount to election.

a candidate in the general election, Robinson's primary victory was tantamount to election.

time, Georgia was a one-party state and the Democratic nomination was tantamount to victory.

With no Republican opponent, the Democratic primary on August 6 was tantamount to election.

election did not attract much attention, as the Democratic nomination was tantamount to victory in the South.

unopposed in the general election, his victory in the June 2 primary was tantamount to election.

unopposed in the general election, his victory in the June 1 primary was tantamount to election.

Spessard Holland, who had already won the May Democratic primary (usually tantamount to victory in the solidly Democratic South), appointed himself to the vacant.

time, Georgia was a one-party state, and the Democratic nomination was tantamount to victory.

victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat.

in the August 24 primary over Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin was tantamount to election.

Talmadge's victory in the September 12 primary was tantamount to election, and he was unopposed in the general election.

Synonyms:

air-to-ground missile; missile;

Antonyms:

distant; open;