Synonyms for calculate
ˈkæl kyəˌleɪtcal·cu·late

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1. calculateverb

   To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process.

   Synonyms:
   compute, reckon

2. calculateverb

   To plan something, especially something morally wrong.

   Synonyms:
   scheme, plot, plan

3. calculateverb

   Synonyms:
   compute, work out, reckon

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1. calculate

   Number is the generic term. To count is to number one by one. To calculate is to use more complicated processes, as multiplication, division, etc., more rapid but not less exact. Compute allows more of the element of probability, which is still more strongly expressed by estimate. We compute the slain in a great war from the number known to have fallen in certain great battles; compute refers to the present or the past, estimate more frequently to the future; as, to estimate the cost of a proposed building. To enumerate is to mention item by item; as, to enumerate one's grievances. To rate is to estimate by comparison, as if the object were one of a series. We count upon a desired future; we do not count upon the undesired. As applied to the present, we reckon or count a thing precious or worthless. Compare ESTEEM.

   Synonyms:
   account, cast, compute, consider, count, deem, enumerate, estimate, number, rate, reckon, sum up

   Preposition:
   It is vain to calculate on or upon an uncertain result.

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1. calculate

   Synonyms:
   estimate, consider, weigh, number, count, apportion, proportion, investigate, reckon, rate, compute

   Antonyms:
   guess, conjecture, hit, chance, risk, stake, miscalculate

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1. calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figureverb

   make a mathematical calculation or computation

   Synonyms:
   fancy, visualize, figure, bet, suppose, look, reckon, encipher, write in code, view, consider, estimate, elaborate, lick, work out, aim, figure out, project, picture, compute, depend, think, work, opine, envision, inscribe, imagine, direct, code, work up, see, encrypt, count, image, puzzle out, guess, regard, exercise, enter, solve, visualise, cypher, forecast, cipher, account, count on

2. calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecastverb

   judge to be probable

   Synonyms:
   fancy, predict, augur, figure, foreshadow, bet, suppose, look, reckon, work out, view, omen, foretell, consider, estimate, auspicate, visualize, gauge, betoken, see, guess, project, picture, compute, depend, think, approximate, opine, envision, aim, imagine, direct, bode, count, image, prefigure, judge, presage, regard, prognosticate, enter, visualise, cypher, portend, forecast, cipher, account, count on

3. account, calculateverb

   keep an account of

   Synonyms:
   compute, aim, reckon, account, figure, depend, report, describe, answer for, cipher, work out, bet, estimate, direct, look, cypher, count, forecast, count on

4. forecast, calculateverb

   predict in advance

   Synonyms:
   compute, predict, count, reckon, account, figure, depend, betoken, count on, aim, bode, foreshadow, omen, prefigure, cipher, bet, estimate, direct, portend, prognosticate, look, augur, cypher, foretell, work out, forecast, auspicate, presage

5. calculate, aim, directverb

   specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

   Synonyms:
   figure, bet, look, get, organise, work out, head, target, lead, maneuver, take, estimate, place, mastermind, point, aim, reckon, purpose, compute, take aim, depend, train, engineer, manoeuver, aspire, address, manoeuvre, direct, count, drive, organize, channelize, propose, shoot for, draw a bead on, channelise, send, conduct, purport, cypher, orchestrate, forecast, cipher, guide, account, steer, count on

6. count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckonverb

   have faith or confidence in

   "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"

   Synonyms:
   figure, seem, bet, suppose, look, reckon, work out, appear, weigh, view, front, estimate, numerate, expect, see, compute, search, depend, think, cypher, play, opine, aim, imagine, await, wager, enumerate, count, cipher, direct, number, guess, face, attend, regard, wait, consider, forecast, take care, matter, account, count on

Matched Categories

1. • Intend
   • Predict
   • Trust

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1. evaluate

   the mathematician calculated the answer to the formula.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 24, 2020  

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1. calculateverb

   Synonyms:
   compute, reckon, estimate, count, rate, cast

2. calculateverb

   Synonyms:
   adjust, adapt, fit

3. calculateverb

   Synonyms:
   tell, estimate, make a calculation, make a computation, cast accounts

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1. calculateverb

   Synonyms:
   compute, reckon, estimate, forecast, expect, intend, contemplate, plan

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1. List of paraphrases for "calculate":

   calculating, compute, calculation, calculated, calculates, estimate, derive, determine, computing, computation, calculations

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1. Amy Glasmeier:

   The real challenge for them is to step up and calculate market by market, what is a fair wage.

2. Tanya Smith:

   Teeth record environmental variation based on the climate, even where you're growing up, that's possible because when you're growing, your teeth you actually lock in a record of the chemistry of the water and the food that you're eating and drinking. Because teeth have these tiny timelines, we can relate the chemistry to the growth to calculate ancient climate records. We can't do that with any other element of the body.

3. Baba Faiz:

   Mathematics is not how fast you calculate, rather mathematics is how well you understand. Because a calculator can solve faster than anyone, but is unable to understand the difficult problems of differential calculus and integration.

4. John Sparr:

   On paper, it is simple to calculate the amount of CO2 emissions a ton of coal will produce and then to calculate the number of trees it takes to consume the CO2, the problem with that theory is that you have to train the CO2 molecules to go to those trees. . . maybe we only burn coal when the wind is blowing in that direction ? And, oh yes, the trees, he said. Are these mature, 40-foot oak trees they are planting, or more likely 16-inch pine seedlings ? Do they realize how long it will take to get a mature forest capable of consuming the CO2 ?

5. Rod Woodruff:

   Ride free, take risks. That's our motto, that doesn't mean you don't calculate them. And these people calculate their risks every time they get on a motorcycle.