COUNTING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

counting

verb

present participle of count

as in telling

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 weighing

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

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as in relying

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

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as in considering

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 counting The usual advice is to stop counting, as though the tally were a character flaw to be willed away. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Schwarber signed with Philadelphia on a four-year, $79 million deal and has since gone on to hit 220 home runs and counting over five seasons with the Phillies. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2026 According to the Department of Homeland Security, some 90,000 people cross it every day — and that’s only counting those traveling northward. — Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026 The players have stopped counting hip and knee replacements, and over the years, the run has lost participants to injury, retirement and, on occasion, death. — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 30 July 2026 Combined, those more than 10,000 and counting satellites are equipped with over 25,000 lasers currently in operation in LEO to maintain the network's interconnectedness, according to a NASA update. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 July 2026 Instead of counting a statewide majority vote, a measure would need a majority of votes in all eight congressional districts to pass. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026 For years, school administrators across the system used flawed methods to track graduation rates, often counting students who had transferred to other schools as dropouts. — Savannah Peters, Fortune, 13 July 2026 Both of these typically tokenize data into 1D or 2D sequences, which makes simple spatial tasks unnecessarily difficult—like counting unique chairs in a short video, or remembering what a room looked like an hour ago. — ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

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Verb

Abernathy Greenway Park walk with Trees Atlanta Take a walk through the park with a Trees Atlanta docent, who will teach simple tricks for telling trees apart and share stories about why trees are important and how to protect them.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
But that, according to the Florida Bar, did not absolve Gonzalez of his decision to dismiss the case in the first place without telling his client, a Miami resident.

— Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of telling

Verb

Bert McCarty, a Clemson University professor of turfgrass science and management, said golfers like how top courses are so different — from incorporating the ocean in places near beaches to relying on inclines in the mountains.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Hundreds of employees were held in lockdown for hours, relying on texts from friends or news reports for updates.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of relying

Verb

The two weren’t mentioned in the announcement, or in the royal family’s congratulatory post, and the entire British royal family has gone out of its way to separate itself from Andrew and Fergie, considering their recent scandals.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Aug. 2026
Focusing only on what goes out the door — without considering what came in — paints an incomplete picture.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of considering

Verb

SpaceX and Nvidia are taking artificial intelligence beyond Earth, unveiling plans to build a satellite designed to perform advanced AI computing directly in orbit.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Compared to their American counterparts, Chinese AI companies are at a massive disadvantage in computing power, a gap that has grown substantially since ChatGPT’s release.

— Garrison Lovely, Time, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of computing

Verb

Perhaps that was the right model in the services era, where proximity to the work was the differentiator, but when work can be automated, being close to it stops mattering.

— Nick Heddy, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
My dad never chased the kind of mattering that consumed me and so many of my peers.

— Matthew Emerzian, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026

Definition of mattering

Verb

In addition to the mortgage payment, including escrow, and depending on the property details, homebuyers should also budget for utilities, maintenance, repairs and any HOA fees, as these costs can significantly affect overall home affordability.

— Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
Add word or picture labels (depending on your kids’ age) to storage bins and baskets to maintain a neat and organized space.

— Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of depending

Verb

Anyone with information regarding Glover’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Yates Center Police Department at 620-625-8640.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
As such, states have an incentive to vouch for the strictest possible rules regarding affiliates.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026