Synonyms of reckoned

reckoned

verb

past tense of reckon

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• estimated
• calculated
• figured
• guessed
• made
• supposed
• judged
• gauged
• put
• placed
• called
• conjectured
• understood
• concluded
• reasoned
• deduced
• gathered
• extrapolated
• inferred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• measured
• computed
• calibrated
• scaled
• worked out

2

as in thought

chiefly dialect to have as an opinion

I reckon you must be new to these parts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thought
• believed
• considered
• guessed
• figured
• imagined
• deemed
• felt
• supposed
• judged
• conceived
• perceived
• held
• assumed
• regarded
• esteemed
• allowed
• accepted
• viewed
• relied
• presumed
• depended
• trusted
• concluded
• surmised
• deduced
• inferred
• presupposed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suspected
• doubted
• questioned
• rejected
• distrusted
• mistrusted
• discredited
• disbelieved

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• calculated
• figured
• computed
• estimated
• assessed
• measured
• added
• evaluated
• divided
• counted
• multiplied
• worked out
• summed
• subtracted
• deducted
• ciphered
• gauged
• averaged
• scaled
• figured in
• figured out
• totaled
• added up
• allowed (for)
• valued
• calibrated
• appraised
• totalized
• tallied
• solved (for)
• rated
• numbered
• recalculated
• factored (in or into or out)
• itemized
• recomputed
• refigured

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relied
• counted
• depended
• calculated
• leaned
• stood on
• looked to
• confided
• trusted
• called on
• entrusted
• figured on
• committed
• banked on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suspected
• questioned
• distrusted
• mistrusted

5

as in considered

to think of in a particular way

he was reckoned among the great heroes of his time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• considered
• regarded
• called
• counted
• viewed
• believed
• accounted
• thought
• looked (on or upon)
• felt
• rated
• deemed
• held
• esteemed
• sensed
• imagined
• set down
• took for
• conceived
• fancied

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reckoned

Most people reckoned Graham would continue serving into his dotage before his unexpected death in July of an aortic dissection. — Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Although the carbon footprints of artists and audiences can obviously be measured separately and reckoned accordingly, both groups have to burn carbon in order to participate in social life. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

The invalidated tariffs cost American households $1,000 each last year and $900 each this year, the nonprofit Tax Foundation reckoned. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Ursone reckoned that the distinct rites and language of their marine tribe would, to polite society, resemble hieroglyphics. — Jasper Craven, New Yorker, 24 July 2026

And the guy who loved John Wayne movies and came to do a fine imitation reckoned his should be in that spirit. — Vahe Gregorian july 5, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2026

Every Arab country in the Middle East knows Iran, as never before, is a power to be reckoned with. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Skubal reckoned with the highs and lows while also suffering what at first appeared to be an injury scare. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 June 2026

The war without has since compounded Iran’s war within, in ways that the world has hardly reckoned with. — Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026