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 The facts, however, are altogether against any such conclusion, for quite recently no less than 50 artificial butter factories were counted in this city, and large quantities of artificial butter are sold to the customer as genuine butter. — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 But their ballot is provisional, and it is not supposed to be counted until the voter is verified by state officials. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026 According to data from the MIT Election Lab, Alaska was the last state in 2024 to reach 95% of its ballots counted. — Miles Parks, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026 Asian students were frequently part of that original equation on the nonwhite side of the ledger and counted with other students classified as nonwhite, such as Black or Latino students. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 But no one can know for sure who will turn out until after votes are counted — polls aren’t predictions, only snapshots in time. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026 About 550,000 took part in protests across France, according to authorities, while organizers counted about 800,000. — Sylvie Corbet, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2026 With all the votes counted by the Statistics Office, the centrist ANO (YES) movement led by the populist billionaire has the most, 13, candidates advancing to next week’s runoffs. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 Valdosta’s remains active at five, although the Wildcats did get an unplayed forfeit victory that is not counted. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for counted

Verb

Estefanía Mondragón, executive director of PODER of Idaho told the crowd to expect at least 12 more immigration bills in next year’s legislative session.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
Weeks before the shootdown, the spies allegedly reported on the naval airbase in Key West and were told to transmit Brothers to the Rescue flight data back to the Cuban authorities.

— Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of told

Verb

That point mattered in a republic still deciding how its authority should differ from that of the European monarchies that Americans portrayed as corrupt.

— Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
And then none of it mattered because his special teams bailed him out with a big kick return (thanks to a terrible decision by Eagles coach Nick Sirianni to even allow a kick return in the first place) followed by a walk-off field goal.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of mattered

Verb

Anyone born in 1960 or later must be 67 years old to be considered full retirement age, according to the Social Security Administration.

— Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
That novel is often considered a historical novel by readers and critics, which is slightly baffling to me.

— Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of considered

Verb

Since rates are computed by dividing the number of cases by the population at risk in a specified time period, then by definition, if the number of cases stays the same but the size of the denominator shrinks, the rates will be higher.

— Nancy Krieger, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026
Every decision—what to recommend, what to rank, what to suppress—is computed for that one customer at that one moment.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of computed

Verb

The area's flooring industry has long depended on immigrant labor, and many families include a mix of citizens, legal residents, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and undocumented immigrants.

— DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
In recent years, Arizona has depended on the Colorado River for 36% of its water.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of depended

Verb

Celebrated as masterpieces today, at the time they were regarded as the unpolished works of a depressed, crazy man and commercially worthless.

— Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
The signing is regarded among the worst in franchise history, though the Braves have at least saved a sizable chunk of the cash because of his suspensions.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026