Word Meanings - RECKON - Book Publishers vocabulary database
reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the
Additional info about word: RECKON
reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. Lev. xxvii. 18. I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. Addison. 2. 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. He was reckoned among the transgressors. Luke xxii. 37. For him I reckon not in high estate. Milton. 3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value. Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Rom. iv. 9. Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. Hawthorne. 4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again. Syn. -- To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate; value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate, Guess.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of RECKON)
- Account Deem
- esteem
- consider
- regard
- hold
- judge
- rate
- estimate
- value
- reckon
- explain
- solve
- Appreciate
- Esteem
- recognize
- acknowledge
- respect
- prize
- Calculate
- Estimate
- weigh
- number
- count
- apportion
- proportion
- investigate
- compute
- Compute
- appraise
- cast up
- Count
- enumerate
- sum
- calculate
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of RECKON)
- Miss
- overlook
- disregard
- despise
- dislike
- contemn
- hate
- loathe
- misconsider
- misconceive
- misestimate
- misjudge
- Overlook
- dishonor
- Miscompute
- disesteem
- vilipend
- underrate
- undervalue
- underestimate
- cheapen
- vilify
Related words: (words related to RECKON)
- COUNTERBRACE
To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another. - DISREGARDFULLY
Negligently; heedlessly. - APPRAISER
One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates. - COUNTERACTIVE
Tending to counteract. - COUNTERFLEURY
Counterflory. - COUNTERVIEW
1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx. - MISJUDGE
To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue. - COUNTABLE
Capable of being numbered. - COUNTER WEIGHT
A counterpoise. - COUNTRY-DANCE
See MACUALAY - COUNTERJUMPER
A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously. - ACCOUNTANTSHIP
The office or employment of an accountant. - RECKON
reckon, G. rechnen, OHG. rahnjan), and to E. reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being, to bring together, count together. 1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. The priest shall reckon to him the - NUMBERFUL
Numerous. - CONSIDERINGLY
With consideration or deliberation. - PROPORTIONATE
Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke. - RECKONER
One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculation, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden. - COUNTERPLEAD
To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny. - COUNTER BRACE
The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. - DISPROPORTIONALLY
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. - IMPROPORTIONATE
Not proportionate. - DISPROPORTIONABLE
Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv. - DISPROPORTIONALITY
The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More. - ENCOUNTERER
One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury. - DISRESPECTABILITY
Want of respectability. Thackeray.