counterpoised

1. 1.

   brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another

   Synonymscounterbalanced

   Similarbalanced

Questions about counterpoised

What does counterpoised mean?

counterpoised means "brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another".

How many syllables are in counterpoised?

counterpoised has 3 syllables and divides as coun-ter-poised 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 counterpoised?

Close synonyms include counterbalanced. 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.