Synonyms of reckon

reckon

verb

ˈre-kən 

1

as in to estimate

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 & Similar Words

• estimate
• guess
• calculate
• suppose
• figure
• make
• put
• judge
• gauge
• understand
• call
• conclude
• place
• conjecture
• infer
• deduce
• gather
• extrapolate
• reason

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• measure
• scale
• compute
• calibrate
• work out

2

as in to think

chiefly dialect to have as an opinion

I reckon you must be new to these parts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• think
• believe
• guess
• imagine
• consider
• figure
• suppose
• feel
• deem
• conceive
• judge
• perceive
• assume
• hold
• allow
• accept
• esteem
• presume
• regard
• depend
• rely
• view
• trust
• conclude
• surmise
• infer
• presuppose
• deduce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubt
• suspect
• question
• reject
• distrust
• mistrust
• discredit
• disbelieve

3

as in to calculate

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 & Similar Words

• calculate
• figure
• compute
• estimate
• assess
• measure
• add
• cipher
• evaluate
• work out
• sum
• multiply
• subtract
• count
• divide
• deduct
• add up
• gauge
• average
• figure out
• appraise
• totalize
• allow (for)
• tally
• calibrate
• number
• scale
• solve (for)
• total
• itemize
• factor (in or into or out)
• figure in
• rate
• value
• recalculate
• recompute
• refigure

4

as in to rely

to place reliance or trust

don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rely
• count
• depend
• stand on
• calculate
• call on
• look to
• lean
• trust
• bank on
• figure on
• commit
• confide
• entrust

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suspect
• question
• distrust
• mistrust

5

as in to consider

to think of in a particular way

he was reckoned among the great heroes of his time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• consider
• regard
• call
• believe
• count
• think
• view
• look (on or upon)
• feel
• account
• imagine
• hold
• deem
• take for
• set down
• rate
• esteem
• sense
• conceive
• fancy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reckon

Local governments and organizations around the United States are reckoning with how to manage holidays and events that honor Chavez in the wake of the allegations against him. —Laura Fay, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026

The original statue was toppled by protesters July 4, 2020, and thrown into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor during the national social justice reckoning in the months after the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. —Brian Witte, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026

Someone living in a modest two-bedroom apartment can expect to spend about $3,400, International Living’s editors reckon. —Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026

And this is the part the left must reckon with. —Rachel O'Leary Carmona, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2026

Phrases Containing reckon

• reckon with