Counteracted Synonyms and Antonyms

To make ineffective by applying an opposite force or amount
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. nullified
  2. neutralized
  3. negated
  4. cancelled
Act in opposition to
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. offset
  2. neutralized
  3. hindered
  4. weakened
  5. invalidated
  6. thwarted
  7. resisted
  8. parried
  9. overcome
  10. countervailed
  11. opposed
  12. nullified
  13. subverted
  14. negated
  15. counterpoised
  16. antagonized
  17. foiled
  18. frustrated
  19. counterbalanced
  20. checked
  21. balanced
  22. defeated
  23. undermined
  24. corrected
  25. contravened
  26. compensated
  27. cancelled
  28. sabotaged
  29. annulled
Antonyms:
  1. approved
  2. aided
  3. helped
  4. supported
  5. assisted
Oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. counterbalanced
  2. neutralized
  3. countervailed

Words Related to Counteracted

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Counteracted Sentence Examples

  • In the same way the disease caused by the mildew organism may be counteracted by a slight addition of alcohol and tannin.

  • It is on this account that the valves of a dead Lamellibranch always gape; the elastic ligament is no longer counteracted by the effort of the adductors.

  • The resultant hydrostatic thrust across any diametral plane of the cylinder will be modified, but the only term in the loss of head which exerts a resultant thrust on the whole cylinder is 2mU sin Olga, and its thrust is 27rpmU absolute units in the direction Cy, to be counteracted by a support at the centre C; the liquid is streaming past r=a with velocity U reversed, and the cylinder is surrounded by a vortex.

  • Though in great part within the tropics, the heat is counteracted by the dryness of the air.

  • The growth of the meanders tends to give the river continually increasing length; but this tendency is counteracted by the sudden occurrence of cut-offs from time to time, so that a fairly constant length is maintained.

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