counterbalance

1. 1.

   adjust for

   “engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance”

   Synonymscompensatecorrectmake upeven outeven offeven up

   Broaderbalance

   Narrowercarrycover
2. 2.

   contrast with equal weight or force

   Synonymsoppose

   Broadercontrast

   Narrowercounterweight
3. 3.

   oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

   “This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues”

   Synonymscounteractcountervailneutralize

   Broadercancel

   Narroweroverride

Other forms of counterbalance

plural

counterbalances·

past tense

counterbalanced·

present participle

counterbalancing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about counterbalance

What does counterbalance mean?

counterbalance means "a weight that balances another weight". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in counterbalance?

counterbalance has 4 syllables: coun-ter-bal-ance. The stress falls on "coun". In IPA it is /ˈkaʊntɚˌbæləns/.

What is another word for counterbalance?

Close synonyms include counterweight, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser. 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 counterbalance a common word?

counterbalance is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with counterbalance?

3 words rhyme with counterbalance. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.