calculateEnglishOxford American Thesauruscalculate verb 1 the interest charged is calculated on a daily basis: compute, work out, reckon, figure, enumerate, determine, evaluate, quantify, assess, cost, put a figure on; add up, add together, count up, tally, total, totalize; calibrate, gauge; British tot up; rare cast. 2 his last words were calculated to wound her: intend, mean, design, plan, aim. 3 we had calculated on a quiet Sunday: expect, anticipate; reckon, bargain, rely, depend, count, bank; take as read; North American, informal figure on.