Calculating
Calculating adjective - Acting in a selfish scheming way.
Mean and calculating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead the word "Calculating" as an adjective or a verb.
Mean
Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
Calculating and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Calculating" instead an adjective "Mean".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
-
Subverted in that she turns out to be mean and calculating.
Source: Girlish Pigtails -
Mean Character, Nice Actor: Applies to some of the more antiheroic, abrassive or calculating characters she's played (e.g. Lydia).
Source: Creator / Jenna Coleman -
The mean, the petty, the calculating, the cowardly pacifists, the warmongers, everybody DIIIIIE!
Source: Kill All Humans
Cite this Source
Mean and Calculating. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/calculating/mean
Calculating & Mean. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/calculating/mean>.
Mean or Calculating. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/calculating/mean.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "calculating" and "mean" have occurred on timeline