RECKONED Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

reckoned

verb

past tense of reckon

as in estimated

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium

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as in thought

chiefly dialect to have as an opinion I reckon you must be new to these parts

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as in calculated

to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations reckoned the runner's pace by dividing her finishing time by the race distance

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as in relied

to place reliance or trust don't reckon on being provided with low-cost housing if you take a summer job there

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as in considered

to think of in a particular way he was reckoned among the great heroes of his time

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Recent Examples of reckoned And then there’s artificial intelligence, the variable nobody has fully reckoned with yet. —

John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 9 June 2026 Most recently, late neoliberalism revived a central aspect of 1970s pluralism, retooled as representative diversity—once again under the pressure of political activism, which reckoned with decades of racially exclusionary collecting, exhibiting, and hiring practices at art institutions. —

Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026 In the race to implement AI, however, enterprises have not comprehensively reckoned with what happens when that technology is wrong. —

John Davie, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 As of four more appearances Monday night, in fact, Caglianone was on track for 513 this season — one in which Picollo initially had reckoned 450 would be a good baseline. —

Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026 Over the past 12 days, Svitolina announced herself as another player to be reckoned with in Paris. —

Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 16 May 2026 Because consumers would have a little more left over to spend of their paychecks, a five-month suspension would increase federal deficits by $12 billion, BPC reckoned. —

Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 11 May 2026 Just as her characters tussle with the frailties installed during their upbringings, Strout, the daughter of a schoolteacher mother and parasitologist father who was also a congregationalist deacon, has reckoned with her roots. —

Belinda Luscombe, Time, 28 Apr. 2026 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein not only essentially created the science-fiction genre but also reckoned with the possibilities of AI, albeit of a fleshy sort. —

Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026

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At the time of my visit, there was one guest room building that had not yet opened, estimated to be completed in October.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
It’s estimated that there may have been as many as 10 million elk in North America at the time of European settlement.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026