Synonyms for calculation
Most common
reckoning estimation measurement guess computation computing deliberation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Estimate — reckoning, estimate
reckoning, estimation, measurement, guess, account dated
2. Computation
computation, computing, calculus dated, ciphering dated
3. Deliberation
deliberation, prudence, expectation, caution, care, discretion, forethought, circumspection, foresight, anticipation, wariness, cautiousness, carefulness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Reckoning, estimate.
By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.
- n. 2
The act or process of calculating.
- n. 3
The result of calculating.
Related words
- Word family
- calculable calculate calculator calculus
- Phrases
- mental calculation
Forms
- Plural
- calculations → estimates, reckonings, estimations, measurements…
Example sentences
- estimate How much time do you estimate you need to do that?
- measurement That can't be. It must be an error in measurement.
- estimation In my estimation, this is a legitimate purpose.
- reckoning I guess the time of reckoning has arrived at last.
- computing She masters computing, nothing is hidden from her.
- computation Machine learning demands a lot of computation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| calculation | falling | |
| estimate | falling | |
| measurement | falling | |
| estimation | steady | |
| reckoning | steady | |
| computing | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sum1
- 4 letters
- care1
- 5 letters
- guess1
- 7 letters
- account2, reading2, caution2
- 8 letters
- estimate3, figuring3, calculus3, prudence2, wariness3
- 9 letters
- computing3, reckoning3, foresight2, ciphering
- 10 letters
- resolution4, evaluation5, discretion3, estimation4
- 11 letters
- measurement3, expectation4, computation4, forethought2, carefulness3
- 12 letters
- anticipation5, deliberation5, cautiousness3
- 14 letters
- circumspection4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (account2 = 2 syllables).