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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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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 After being whisked away on honeymoons with their newly betrothed, the couples spend three weeks counting down to decision day at the altar. —

Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026 Kansas is not counting the games in 2018 vacated due to NCAA penalties in that total. —

Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2026 The state defines substandard buildings as those where repair costs to bring a site up to building codes would exceed 15% of the cost of a full structure replacement, not counting energy improvements. —

Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026 Around 15 tests, and that’s not counting cross tests, recipe videos, and photoshoots. —

Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Jan. 2026 That’s not counting the many thousands of wounded. —

Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026 The only press from the carpet allowed into the screening (not counting those separately invited) were One America News anchor Dan Ball and his wife Peyton Drew, a producer for the far-right news channel. —

Anna Tingley, Variety, 30 Jan. 2026 Cohen is counting on both of those things to be true to get the club closer to its lofty goal of competing for a league championship in its first season. —

Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026 The fasting group simply consumed fewer calories overall than the calorie-counting group, leading to greater weight loss. —

Sarah Garone, Health, 9 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for counting

Verb

There’s no copyright contingency telling you the dragon needs to have wings or not, or George should be English, French, or Turkish.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
That’s also telling us that this family is experiencing demographic change.

— Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026