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 In practice, this means counting the steps to make a transaction and stripping them down. — Clarissa Windham-Bradstock, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Not counting the long bomb, every team throws many passes while the receiver is running. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 After liberation, Daniel’s family returned to Veria, counting their blessings as most of Greece’s Jewish community had been killed by German forces. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 In fact, this seemed to result in the maître d’ digging in his heels even further, no doubt already counting that lucrative $150 windfall. — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026 In the decade between Morphine’s foundation and Sandman’s death, the group released four albums (not counting The Night, which came out posthumously). — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026 The actor booked small roles in romantic comedies and dramas in the years after A Different World, counting Tin Cup (1996), How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), and The Wedding Planner (2001) among his credits. — Eric King, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026 In Kenya, this actuarial approach manifested as weeks spent in a Land Rover, counting herds of zebra with a handheld mechanical tally counter in my right hand and binoculars in my left. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 Families in the suburb had been comparing notes and counting Ewing sarcoma cases connected to their community through Facebook groups and word of mouth. — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for counting

Verb

The Salem witch trials of 1692 carved out an enduring and powerful niche in American history for this little town, and this intimate, kitschy museum does an excellent job telling the story.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026
The discovery is the latest instance of CDE leadership telling employees bedbugs are not in the building, only for more to be discovered at a later date and igniting doubt among CDE’s workforce on whether treatment is effective.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of telling

Verb

The city’s zoning administrator is now weighing whether to revoke the operator’s permit.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Beyond apprenticeships, the mayor’s childcare office is weighing opportunities for assistant teachers to become lead teachers, and partnerships with CUNY and other higher education institutions on more traditional models.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of weighing

Verb

Adding another carrier could give customers more opportunities to schedule missions without relying on a single aircraft.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
These genomes should reflect the full sequence of both chromosome copies and the diversity of the global population, rather than relying on one person or one ancestral group as a universal standard.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of relying

Verb

Justices Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Sonia Sotomayor dissented, arguing that allowing the case to move forward prevents the lower court from considering Pike’s allegations from her childhood.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
The Florida Department of Education is considering a new dress code policy for employees that puts restrictions on religious head coverings, Crocs and short skirts.

— Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of considering

Verb

Auditioning possible futures A big reason for this persistent disagreement involves the cost of computing.

— Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Researchers examined internal droplet mechanics using high-performance computing clusters to run complex simulations.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of computing

Verb

Trust ends up mattering more than uptime in deciding which platforms get automated against, and which get left out.

— Barry Bernstein, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Sai’Vion Jones is a third-round pick from 2025, and maybe that ends up mattering here, but Jackson’s a better player at this stage.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of mattering

Verb

The aircraft has an endurance of more than 30 hours, depending on its configuration and mission profile, and can achieve a maximum speed of approximately 210 knots.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Contributions would increase depending on family size, with a family of four expected to pay $500,000, officials said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of depending

Verb

In my own experiment, Claude was able to recognize that my genome file did not contain enough information to make reliable conclusions regarding genetic risk scores for common diseases.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
As someone who deals with an immense amount of scrutiny regarding his own appearance, Davidson is pained to see the vitriol another ex, Grande, has been subjected to of late.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of regarding

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