reckoning

Questions about reckoning

What is another word for reckoning?

It depends which reckoning you mean. In the sense “problem solving that involves numbers or quantities”, the synonyms are calculation, computation, figuring. Across all 3 senses there are 8 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of reckoning?

WordNet records no antonym for reckoning. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for reckoning split into groups?

Because reckoning carries 3 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for reckoning come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of reckoning

• Full entry for reckoningAll 3 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for reckoningWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.