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: co-un-te-rac-tion. The stress falls on "rac".

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.