COUNTED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

counted

verb

past tense of count

as in told

to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added count the baseball gloves in the storage locker to see if there are enough to go around

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Relevance

as in mattered

to be of importance punctuality and a neat appearance count during a job interview

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as in relied

to place reliance or trust I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move

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as in considered

to think of in a particular way I'm not sure I'd count that as a serious effort

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Recent Examples of counted When a family receives SNAP, a student can be automatically counted as eligible for federal school meal funding through direct certification. — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026 Analysts disagree about just how much should be counted when tracking Chinese investments abroad. — Robert Ferris, CNBC, 13 July 2026 For a second straight year, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports that more Israelis have left the country than have come home—a quiet outflow seldom counted among the war’s costs. — Frayda Leibtag, Time, 13 July 2026 The next goal that counted was Bellingham’s in the 93rd minute, a right-footer from the center of the box to the left corner off a deflection. — Miami Herald, 12 July 2026 In truth, a goal might not have counted anyway, since Haaland barged into Guehi earlier in the counter-attack. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 12 July 2026 The letter threatens the criminal prosecution of any state election official who knowingly leaves noncitizens on their voter rolls or allows even a single non-citizen to receive or cast a ballot counted in a federal election. — Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal, 10 July 2026 In 2021, Atrium’s presentation to the city and counted said a majority of the units would be for those making up to 50% AMI. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026 The measure could incentivize lawmakers to save more money because funds tucked away in the rainy day fund would no longer be considered expenditures counted toward the spending limit. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for counted

Verb

Documents said that same day, someone from the foster home told the original Pembroke Pines Police Department investigating officer Goldbourne was planning to come back and meet with another underage girl.

— Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Gerardo Salcedo, the son of the business owner, told ABC7 that investigators had obtained surveillance video that showed a man on a bicycle putting a bottle through the mail slot minutes before the fire ignited.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of told

Verb

The light on Toure’s brief Hurricanes tenure appeared to go dark after last season, his lone campaign with Miami which ended with a trip to the national championship game and with Toure playing his best football when the games mattered the most.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Seeing that level of commitment, from the coach and the people involved, really mattered to me.

— Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of mattered

Verb

Emergency teams first relied on inflatable rescue boats and assault boats to reach those stranded.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
That’s the biggest change to an offense that relied too much last year on Christian McCaffrey and can’t count too much too soon on George Kittle’s Achilles recovery this year.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

Definition of relied

Verb

Students should create profiles with headhunting firms to be considered for opportunities in both design and corporate verticals.

— Cami Fateh, Vogue, 15 July 2026
Tarrant County’s health inspections function on a 100-point scale, where a score of 100 is considered perfect and a score of 70 is considered extremely poor.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

Definition of considered

Verb

Harper weighed a few options, from those who threw to him in college and the minors to ex-players, before settling on Dodgers third-base coach Dino Ebel.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Another conversation topic surrounding the modern casting call is an actor’s talent weighed alongside their social media following.

— Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 10 July 2026

Definition of weighed

Verb

Their success depended on transforming physical assets, supply chains and industrial processes into repeatable output at increasing levels of efficiency.

— Motaz Agamawi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
The study depended on data from the Laser Relativity Satellite 2 (LARES-2), a mission led by Ciufolini.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 8 July 2026

Definition of depended

Verb

Even Advanced Placement examinations—formerly regarded as one of the strongest objective measures available—have become part of this debate.

— Scott White, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Despite primarily playing club football for Bayer Leverkusen at centre-back, Quansah is regarded as a right-back option by Tuchel.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 5 July 2026