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

All this points to a United States that will soon experience the same kind of reckoning that China is undergoing today. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Another moment of reckoning The posts have come in all formats — video, photo, text — across the landscape of social media platforms. — Deepti Hajela, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

The boomer’s reckoning Voeste grew up in Dortmund, the coal-and-steel city whose fate has long illustrated the dangers of clinging to an industrial past after its economics have changed. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

His characters confront moments of reckoning—some comic, others karmic, often both—where self-belief collides with a buckling status quo. — Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing reckon

• reckon with