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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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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 He was instructed to respond by moving his eyes from left to right, and sure enough, the researchers counted two rightward movements of his eyes. —

Shayla Love, New Yorker, 1 May 2026 That total doesn’t include tornadoes counted by the NWS office in Topeka, such as the EF2 that hit Ottawa on April 13. —

Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026 The number of days indicates when the fruit matures after transplanting, not counted from the time of starting the seeds. —

Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 1 May 2026 Ballots are then counted after election officials finish the voter registration verification process, according to the secretary of state’s website. —

Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Among the items seized during the search were all ballots, tabulator tapes from the scanners that tally the votes, electronic ballot images created when the ballots were counted and then recounted, and all voter rolls from the 2020 election. —

Dan Raby, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026 The national nonprofit counted at least 34,000 clients last year, some of whom sought help with their reverse mortgages. —

Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026 This year, the team counted 138 males. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026 The Hilton may have been the venue for the event, but that doesn’t mean the hotel itself counted as a perimeter. —

Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026

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Verb

Reyes asked that if any such signs were found that the government’s attorney be told.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026
After deliberating for parts of three days during the punishment phase of the trial, some jurors told the Tribune the decision to impose the death penalty had been a difficult one.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2026