Antonyms for counting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kount |
| Phonetic Transcription : kaÊŠnt |
Definition of counting
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French conter "add up," but also "tell a story," from Latin computare (see compute). Related: Counted; counting. Modern French differentiates compter "to count" and conter "to tell," but they are cognates.
- verb add, check in order
- verb consider, deem
- verb have importance
- verb include
- Once more I am counting the coppers, living on the ragged edge.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- He was counting on Mrs. McKee's old fondness for the girl to bring them together.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- The Little Doctor was counting his pulse, and waited till she had finished.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- The sunshine seemed to come with her into the counting house that was all gloom.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- He watched the symptoms with a sort of medical air, as if counting seconds.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- One day, as they sat by Rachel's bed, the doctor had been counting her pulse.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- We have been counting on your return these three or four days past.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Pepsy was counting the money and Pee-wee was eating the cookies that were left over.
- Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- Yes, it was as M'sieu said, eighty-seven--that is, counting himself.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- I was counting mine when the hour came, and brought this in my hand to show you.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
Synonyms for counting
- add up
- await
- calculate
- carry weight
- cast
- cast up
- cipher
- compute
- cut ice
- enter into consideration
- enumerate
- esteem
- estimate
- expect
- figure
- foot
- hope
- import
- impute
- judge
- keep tab
- look
- look upon
- matter
- mean
- militate
- number
- number among
- numerate
- rate
- reckon
- regard
- run down
- score
- signify
- sum
- take account of
- take into account
- take into consideration
- tally
- tell
- think
- tick off
- tot up
- total
- weigh
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019