reckon

/ˈrɛkən/

/ˈrɛkən/

Other forms: reckoned; reckoning; reckons

Reckon means "guess" or "imagine," and is often used by rural types in Hollywood movies who say things like "I reckon I'll be moseyin' on."

Reckon also means "suppose" or "think," as in "I reckon he's put his nose where it don't belong one too many times." If reckon sounds odd, that’s because it's mostly gone out of style. When used to talk about prediction, it's a little more common, as in "Who do you reckon is going to win the Super Bowl?" Still, it sounds a little old-fashioned. Many people use the word just for fun. Saying "I reckon" sounds more humorous than "Yes."

Definitions of reckon

1. verb

   expect, believe, or suppose
   synonyms: guess, imagine, opine, suppose, think

   types:

   suspect

   hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty

   type of:

   anticipate, expect

   regard something as probable or likely
2. verb

   deem to be
   synonyms: consider, regard, see, view

   construe, interpret, see

   make sense of; assign a meaning to

   types:

   expect

   consider reasonable or due

   receive

   regard favorably or with disapproval

   reconsider

   consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing

   reconsider

   consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it

   include

   consider as part of something

   consider

   regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem

   call

   consider or regard as being

   like

   feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard

   relativise, relativize

   consider or treat as relative

   identify

   consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else

   favor, favour

   consider as the favorite

   abstract

   consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

   reify

   consider an abstract concept to be real

   idealise, idealize

   consider or render as ideal

   deem, hold, take for, view as

   keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view

   esteem, prise, prize, respect, value

   regard highly; think much of

   disesteem, disrespect

   have little or no respect for; hold in contempt

   make

   consider as being

   capitalise, capitalize

   consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses

   appreciate, prize, treasure, value

   hold dear

   do justice

   show due and full appreciation

   count

   include as if by counting

   colligate, subsume

   consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle

   hypostatise, hypostatize

   construe as a real existence, of a conceptual entity

   glamorize, glamourise, romanticise, romanticize

   interpret romantically

   deify

   consider as a god or godlike

   think the world of

   esteem very highly

   undervalue

   esteem lightly

   carry

   include, as on a list

   fear, revere, reverence, venerate

   regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

   admire, look up to

   feel admiration for

   recognise, recognize

   show approval or appreciation of

   type of:

   believe, conceive, consider, think

   judge or regard; look upon; judge
3. verb

   judge to be probable
   synonyms: calculate, count on, estimate, figure, forecast

   types:

   allow, take into account

   allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something

   budget for

   calculate enough money for; provide for in the budget

   type of:

   evaluate, judge, pass judgment

   form a critical opinion of
4. verb

   have faith or confidence in
   synonyms: bet, calculate, count, depend, look

   type of:

   bank, rely, swear, trust

   have confidence or faith in
5. verb

   take account of
   “You have to reckon with our opponents”

   synonyms: count

   type of:

   approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge

   judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
6. verb

   make a mathematical calculation or computation
   synonyms: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, work out

   work out

   be calculated

   types:

   quantise, quantize

   apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor

   extract

   calculate the root of a number

   process

   perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information

   prorate

   divide or assess proportionally

   miscalculate, misestimate

   calculate incorrectly

   recalculate

   calculate anew

   average, average out

   compute the average of

   factor, factor in, factor out

   resolve into factors

   add, add together

   make an addition by combining numbers

   deduct, subtract, take off

   make a subtraction

   multiply

   combine by multiplication

   divide, fraction

   perform a division

   extrapolate, interpolate

   estimate the value of

   differentiate

   calculate a derivative; take the derivative

   integrate

   calculate the integral of; calculate by integration

   survey

   plot a map of (land)

   approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge

   judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

   budget

   make a budget

   capitalise, capitalize

   compute the present value of a business or an income

   resolve, solve

   find the solution

   square

   raise to the second power

   cube

   raise to the third power

   foot, foot up

   add a column of numbers

   carry back

   deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period

   raise

   multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3

   halve

   divide by two; divide into halves

   quarter

   divide by four; divide into quarters

   triangulate

   survey by triangulation

   quantise, quantize

   approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values

   misgauge

   gauge something incorrectly or improperly

   place, put, set

   estimate

   give

   estimate the duration or outcome of something

   lowball, underestimate

   make a deliberately low estimate

   assess

   estimate the value of (property) for taxation

   make

   calculate as being

   count

   take account of

   overcapitalise, overcapitalize

   estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level

   factorise, factorize

   resolve (a polynomial) into factors

   truncate

   approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one

   guesstimate

   estimate based on a calculation

   type of:

   reason

   think logically