counteraction

What does counteraction mean?

counteraction means "action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action".

How many syllables are in counteraction?

counteraction has 5 syllables and divides as co-un-te-rac-tion under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for counteraction?

Close synonyms include neutralization, neutralisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is counteraction a common word?

counteraction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for counteraction come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.