COUNTS Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

counts 1 of 2

noun

plural of count

as in tallies

a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added my count for the number of bird species and subspecies that visited the sanctuary that weekend was 43

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as in indictments

a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person she's been charged with two counts of larceny

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counts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of count

as in tells

to find the sum of (a collection of things) by noting each one as it is being added count the baseball gloves in the storage locker to see if there are enough to go around

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as in matters

to be of importance punctuality and a neat appearance count during a job interview

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as in relies

to place reliance or trust I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move

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as in considers

to think of in a particular way I'm not sure I'd count that as a serious effort

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Recent Examples of counts

Noun

After Graf announced Robinson would stand trial on all seven counts, Robinson pleaded not guilty to each of the charges. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2026 Gadd appeared at Southwark Crown Court by video link ‌from ⁠prison and denied four counts of indecent assault, two counts of indecency with a child and two counts of unlawful ⁠sexual intercourse with a girl under 13. — Reuters, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026 There are a number of reasons those deaths don't show up in state or national death counts, says Quinn Adams, an epidemiologist at Boston University and the lead researcher on the NPR-BU investigation. — Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026 Login counts and active-user charts only confirm that people opened an app. — Brian Harmison, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The following year, DeFoor was charged with two counts of vandalism after windows at a Hyde Park business were broken. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder in the January 2023 strangulation deaths of her three children – Cora, 5; Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months – at the family's Duxbury, Massachusetts, home. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Hidden like counts, disabled autoplay by default, and a ban on extreme makeup filters in addition to Meta’s existing cosmetic-surgery filter ban. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Samuel Bateman, 50, received the sentence after a Coconino County jury convicted him of three counts of child abuse, the Coconino County Attorney’s Office announced. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

Verb

Koeckeritz stated that the cathedral has around 100 off-street parking spots; the city itself counts about 135. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2026 Copeland underscored that the key issue is not what counts as an ordinary expense for influencers, but whether the expenses were incurred primarily for business purposes. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The slate will also be anchored by adaptations of bestselling author Blake Karrington’s book series, which will be produced in partnership with Upscale Productions, which counts Karrington among its senior team. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026 Senate Bill 1167, which would help clarify what counts as an e-bike, passed the Legislature on Friday. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Their case counts wide-release theatrical movies and the basic cable bundle, and leaves out streaming, YouTube, sports rights, and everything else that now competes for the same hours of your evening. — Shubha Ghosh, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 Fake plastic trees The only thing that counts against the LEGO X-Files build is the build between the final four bags. — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Scott Lehmann, a supply chain expert at Sphera, an operational intelligence firm, counts 26 countries and regions that have announced clean energy and electrification measures in response to the war. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 This move revives a civil rights debate over discipline in K-12 schools and what counts as discrimination. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for counts

Noun

The group began promoting the project this spring with a slew of singles, one of which is currently on the rise on various Billboard tallies.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
It’s been a long five years since Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car rode a rave of critical support to a Best Picture nomination off of miniscule box-office tallies.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of tallies

Noun

Tens of thousands of dollars were flowing through these interactions, the indictments show.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
In April 2026, a federal grand jury returned indictments charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

— Art Jipson, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of indictments

Verb

This matters to Warsh because Korea’s sizable, open economy often serves as an early-warning system for global inflection points.

— William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Kelly said Markey’s push for greater regulation of data centers matters more to him than the senator’s awkward answer about AI.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of matters

Verb

Much of Amazon’s public defense relies on an assertion that its ad prices haven’t risen significantly.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
The company relies heavily on outside financing from partners for its data center campuses, and hasn't yet generated any revenue from that portion of its business, according to the SEC filing.

— CJ Haddad, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of relies

Noun

Nearly all his conduct charges were dismissed, the suit says, even as the student faced a lengthy campus ban.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Selective repression had already been introduced before 2022 with the imprisonment of a number of governors, ministers, and high-ranking civil servants on charges of corruption and abuse of power.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026