counterbalance
Meaning of counterbalance
- A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.
- A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.
- To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight.
Big brother counterbalances his two siblings to the pound.
- To match or equal in effect when applying opposing force
Arm wrestling is undecided as long as the opponents counterbalance each-other
Information about counterbalance
- The plural form of counterbalance is: counterbalances.
- Languages in which counterbalance is used:
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Hyphenation of counterbalance
coun-ter-bal-ance
- It consists of 4 syllables and 14 chars.
- counterbalance is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
counterbalance synonyms
Meaning counterweight:
counterweight, counterpoise, balance, equalizer
Meaning balance:
balance, equilibrium, equipoise
Meaning offset:
Meaning compensate:
Meaning oppose:
Meaning counteract:
counteract, countervail, neutralize
Meaning :
counterbalance antonyms
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Translation of counterbalance
- French: contrepoids
- Spanish: contrapeso
- Italian: contrappeso
- Portuguese: contrapeso
Words that rhyme with counterbalance
ance, saance, absorbance, bobance, disturbance, indisturbance, nondisturbance, perturbance, predisturbance, reprobance, undisturbance, impeccance, insignificance, nonsignificance, omnisignificance, presignificance, scance, signficance, significance, vacance, Sundance, abidance, abondance, abundance, accordance, adance, aidance, appendance, ascendance, attendance, avoidance, biddance, breakdance, clogdance, concordance, condordance, contradance, contredance, counterdance, dance, dependance, descendance, disaccordance, discordance, disregardance, exceedance, exundance, forbiddance, foreguidance, guidance