Synonyms for reckon
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Suppose — to conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an…
think, guess, believe, consider, imagine, figure, tell, see, regard, surmise, judge, take, figure up, opine, hold, infer, repute, impute, apprehend, conjecture, view, presume
2. Calculate — to count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate
calculate, compute, estimate, work out, number, add up, count on, enumerate, forecast, cast, cipher, cypher UK, tally
4. Value — to charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value
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Definitions
- v. 1
To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
- v. 2
To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
- v. 3
To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause
I reckon he won't try that again.
- v. 4
To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.
Related words
- Word family
- reckoner reckoning
- Phrases
- reckon on reckon out reckon up reckon upon chinny reckon
Forms
- Past participle
- reckon'd
e.g. reckon'd → guessed, believed, considered, imagined…
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As applied to the present, we reckon or count a thing precious or worthless.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- guess I guess the time of reckoning has arrived at last.
- consider I do not consider her choice of music a happy one.
- imagine We are never as happy or as unhappy as we imagine.
- surmise "What do you think of my theory?" "It is all surmise."
- forecast I wonder what’s the weather forecast for tomorrow.
- bet I'll bet you looked beautiful when you were young.
By length
- 3 letters
- see1, bet1
- 4 letters
- take1, look1, tell1, hold1, view1, bank1, rate1, cast1, rely2
- 5 letters
- think1, guess1, value2, judge1, count1, swear1, tally2, infer2, opine2
- 6 letters
- number2, figure2, regard2, depend2, esteem2, cipher2, cypher2, repute2, impute2
- 7 letters
- believe2, account2, imagine3, presume2, compute2, surmise2
- 8 letters
- consider3, estimate3, forecast2, appraise2
- 9 letters
- calculate3, apprehend3, enumerate4
- 10 letters
- appreciate4, conjecture3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rely2 = 2 syllables).