counteractive

1. 1.

   opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action

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Questions about counteractive

What does counteractive mean?

counteractive means "opposing or neutralizing or mitigating an effect by contrary action".

How many syllables are in counteractive?

counteractive has 4 syllables and divides as coun-te-rac-tive 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.

Is counteractive a common word?

counteractive 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.