Counterbalance Synonyms

kountər-băləns, kountər-băləns
To act as an equalizing weight or force to
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. balance
  2. compensate
  3. counteract
  4. counterpoise
  5. oppose
  6. countervail
  7. make up
  8. offset
  9. set off
To put in balance
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. balance
  2. equalize
  3. stabilize
  4. steady
A weight that balances another weight
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. balance
  2. counterweight
  3. counterpoise
  4. equilibrium
  5. counterinfluence
  6. counterforce
  7. equalizer
  8. equaliser
  9. equipoise
  10. counterpressure
A compensating equivalent
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. offset

Words Related to Counterbalance

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.

Related:

  1. order
  2. substitute
  3. counter-balance

Counterbalance Sentence Examples

  • Counterbalance chains for the winding engines are used in the collieries of the Midland districts of England.

  • She is with the School of Social Sciences, which provides a healthy counterbalance to my one-sided view of the world.

  • The process needs a counterbalance to the conservation officer.

  • But besides this, as Leslie has pointed out, the influence of Montesquieu tended to counterbalance the theoretic prepossessions produced by the doctrine of the jus naturae.

  • Even with the particles retarding the motion of the aether, the same will be true if, to counterbalance the increased inertia, suitable forces are caused to act on the aether at all points where the inertia is altered.

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