What is another word for figuring?

Pronunciation: [fˈɪɡəɹɪŋ] (IPA)

Figuring is a word that can be used in a number of different contexts, and there are a variety of synonyms that can be used to replace it depending on the specific meaning intended. Some of the most common synonyms for figuring include calculating, estimating, computing, reckoning, deducing, determining, and analyzing. These words all have slightly different connotations, with some emphasizing the process of quantitative measurement and others focusing on the process of understanding or interpreting data. Ultimately, the choice of synonym will depend on the intended meaning and context of the sentence or phrase in which the word appears.

Synonyms for Figuring:

What are the paraphrases for Figuring?

Paraphrases are restatements of text or speech using different words and phrasing to convey the same meaning.
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
- highest relevancy
- medium relevancy
- lowest relevancy

What are the hypernyms for Figuring?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Figuring?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for figuring (as nouns)

    • cognition
      problem solving.

Usage examples for Figuring

Returning, I did some figuring, lay down on my bag, and at ten o'clock, or four hours later, leaving Ah-we-lah to guard the camp and dogs, E-tuk-i-shook joined me to make a tent camp about four miles to the magnetic south.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
figuring out the difficulties and possibilities of our return, I came to the conclusion that to endeavor to get back by our upward trail would not afford great advantage.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
In fact, I've been figuring on asking you to get out the last week or two.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton

Famous quotes with Figuring

  • That's what the right-wing is good at: figuring out the left wing.
    Kathy Acker
  • It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out.
    Jeff Ament
  • There I was limited to what happened the same way I am with Riel. It doesn't feel like a great burden to have your story, to some degree, set. I am enjoying figuring out what I think is the most dramatic way of telling this set of historical facts.
    Chester Brown
  • In the initial season of a show, you're figuring out your character and their life and their background and you're putting together all the chapters of the book.
    Sophia Bush
  • I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that.
    Vanessa Carlton

Word of the Day

Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Receptors
Antonyms for the term "Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Receptors" essentially refer to the opposite of the function associated with these receptors. Corticotropin-releasing hormone...