RECKONS Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

reckons

verb

present tense third-person singular of reckon

as in estimates

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 thinks

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

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as in calculates

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 relies

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 considers

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

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Recent Examples of reckons Lasers can transmit 10 to 100 times more data per second than radio waves, and Khatri reckons that O2O can even improve on this and increase the downlink rate by at least another factor of 10 over what was possible during Artemis 2. —

Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 June 2026 Aon reckons the world will pour somewhere between $5 trillion and $10 trillion into digital infrastructure by 2030, a wall of value that has to be insured somehow. —

Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Ritter reckons that at least 30% of that windfall would cycle back to the banks in soft dollars. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 June 2026 The movie reckons with how alien life would challenge the notion of God and our belief systems. —

Eliana Dockterman, Time, 10 June 2026 Galimberti reckons that the global oil crunch may be solved by raising the number of barrels flowing through the Strait of Hormuz to 10 million a day from two million. —

Justina Lee, CNBC, 9 June 2026 For example, there were only six penalties awarded on-field in matches involving Chelsea, but the KMI reckons there should have been 16. —

Graham Scott, New York Times, 2 June 2026 That pride tends to be part of a welcoming mentality that’s already on display at Kansas City International with overwhelming visuals that Kramer reckons eclipse anything being done at any other World Cup host airports. —

Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026 Whatever the case, Jobson reckons that self-sufficient sea cucumber fragments—immortal or not, with or without a purpose in this world—are drifting through Earth’s oceans right now. —

Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 27 May 2026

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The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office estimates that the 5% tax would generate tens of billions of dollars in the first few years, but that income tax revenues could subsequently decline by hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

— Sophie Austin, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
McDermott estimates the cost to the Union over that period to be about $2 million, possibly more if participating schools form after-school programs related to soccer.

— Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 19 June 2026