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

The steepest year for job cuts in tech came in 2023, as the industry reckoned with soaring inflation and rising interest rates. —Annie Palmer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025

For example, Underworld reckoned with reality through the occult, while his newest tape, Zombie Love Kensington Paradise, felt more like a squeamish effort in turning the circumstances of Kensington into content for the Skrilla brand. —Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2025

But for the first time in a while, the notion seemed just as applicable on both sides of the ball — the makings of a force multiplier to be reckoned with. —Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025

Lang reckoned that O’Hara overrated Rimbaud. —Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

Many reckoned with its ideals; pervasive talk of liberty held particular portent for women’s lives. —Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025

What came after needs to be reckoned with, perhaps requiring more distance to attain perspective. —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025

If Hatfield could garner such a crowd, Boyle reckoned consumers might be interested in Moore’s Columbia lore — and now the brand is in the retro business. —Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025

The per-charge range is no less impressive, with its 1,440-mAh downtube battery reckoned good for up to 260 km (162 miles) at the lowest PAS setting. —New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2025