Counteract Synonyms and Antonyms

kountər-ăkt
To make ineffective by applying an opposite force or amount
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. neutralize
  2. check
  3. cancel
  4. frustrate
  5. negate
  6. hinder
  7. nullify
  8. annul
  9. antagonize
  10. antidote
  11. balance
  12. sabotage
  13. countervail
  14. contrapose
  15. contravene
  16. correct
  17. defeat
  18. foil
  19. undermine
  20. overcome
  21. invalidate
  22. negative
  23. countermine
  24. oppose
  25. parry
  26. resist
  27. thwart
  28. subvert
  29. counterbalance
  30. weaken
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Oppose or check by a counteraction
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. countercheck

Words Related to Counteract

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Counteract Sentence Examples

  • Efforts have been made to counteract this feeling by making the Church more distinctly English.

  • Meanwhile, philosophic forces to counteract materialism were weak.

  • No amount of time on the treadmill can counteract eating a triple cheese pizza every day.

  • Of course, you counteract these stressful intrusions by having a plan.

  • The struggle with the Crown, which ended in independence, began at the foundation of the colony, with assumptions of power under the charter which the colonial government was always trying to maintain, and the crown was as assiduously endeavouring to counteract.

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