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reckon

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of reckon

1 to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement

  • tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium
Synonyms of reckon

calculate, call, conjecture, estimate, figure, gauge (also gage), guess, judge, make, place, put, suppose
Words Related to reckon

conclude, deduce, extrapolate, gather, infer, reason, understand
Near Antonyms of reckon

calibrate, measure, scale

compute, work out

2 chiefly dialect to have as an opinion

  • I reckon you must be new to these parts
Synonyms of reckon

allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], believe, conceive, consider, deem, esteem, feel, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, suppose, think
Words Related to reckon

regard, view

accept, perceive

depend, rely, trust

assume, presume, presuppose, surmise

conclude, deduce, infer
Near Antonyms of reckon

distrust, doubt, mistrust, question, suspect

disbelieve, discredit, reject

3 to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations

  • reckoned the runner's pace by dividing her finishing time by the race distance
Synonyms of reckon

calculate, cipher, compute, figure, work out
Words Related to reckon

add up, average, sum, tally, total, totalize

add, divide, multiply, subtract

allow (for), deduct, factor (in or into or out), figure in

figure out, solve (for)

count, itemize, number

calibrate, gauge (also gage), measure, scale

assess, appraise, estimate, evaluate, rate, value

recalculate, recompute, refigure

4 to place reliance or trust

  • donʼt reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there
Synonyms of reckon

calculate, count, depend, lean, rely
Words Related to reckon

commit, confide, entrust (also intrust), trust
Phrases Synonymous with reckon

bank on, call on (or upon), figure on, look to, stand on
Near Antonyms of reckon

distrust, mistrust, question, suspect

5 to think of in a particular way

  • he was reckoned among the great heroes of his time
Synonyms of reckon

account, call, consider, count, esteem, hold, look (on or upon), rate, regard, set down, view
Words Related to reckon

believe, deem, feel, sense, think

conceive, fancy, imagine
Phrases Synonymous with reckon

take for

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