calculations

NOUN

computing, estimating amount

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arithmetic computation counting estimate estimation forecast judgment prediction

STRONG

figuring reckoning summation

WEAK

adding ciphering dividing multiplying subtracting totaling

NOUN

computed or estimated amount

Synonyms

STRONGEST

computation estimate estimation forecast judgment prediction

STRONG

answer divination figuring prognosis prognostication reckoning reply

Antonyms

STRONG

question

NOUN

forethought

Synonyms

STRONGEST

planning thought

STRONG

caution circumspection contrivance deliberation discretion foresight precaution prudence

WEAK

canniness

Antonyms

STRONG

carelessness imprudence indiscretion thoughtlessness

Example Sentences

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Calculations are not so simple when dealing with real-world events.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Calculations from other organizations passed the 1.5-degree mark more clearly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025

Calculations that were once impossible due to the sign problem can now be performed with wavefunction matching.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

Calculations by the Norwegian government underscore the profitability challenge.

From Reuters • Nov. 3, 2023

After an hour, the Mind toiling with nothing but repeated Warnings & Desperate Strategies & Calculations of Escape—it resolves itself to distant Explosion & Danger.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson