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. Thomas Paine:

   It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society. When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime.

2. Art Hogan:

   The escalating The US-China trade war will certainly be bad for the The Chamber of Commerce economy. How bad is almost impossible to calculate.

3. John Cullerton:

   This lowered credit rating is just one way that we can calculate the true cost of doing business the Rauner way, it’s time to hit the reset button and move toward a resolution.

4. Vincent Wei:

   I don't know how they calculate the figure but there were many researchers from universities who came to assess it.

5. Klevis Ylli:

   For the indoor navigation system, there are sensors [accelerometers] within the shoe that determine how fast you're moving, acceleration and the angles that your foot has traveled. And from this data, the system can calculate the path that you have walked.