Synonyms of the word

counterbalance

• n. (literally) A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.
• n. (figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.
• v. (transitive) To apply weight in order to balance an opposing weight.
• v. (transitive) To apply force in order to balance an opposite one.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To match or equal in effect, but acting in opposition.

balance

• n. (uncountable) a state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
• n. (uncountable) mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
• n. something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium (literally or figuratively); counterweight.
• n. a pair of scales.
• n. (uncountable) awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
• n. (uncountable) the overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately…
• n. (uncountable) apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
• n. (accounting) a list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
• n. (accounting) the result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
• n. (watchmaking) a device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
• n. (law) the remainder.
• n. (obsolete, astrology) Libra.
• v. (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To make (concepts) agree.
• v. (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from…
• v. (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
• v. (transitive, dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
• v. (nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
• v. (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
• v. (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
• v. (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.

cancel

• v. (transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
• v. (transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
• v. (transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
• v. (transitive) To offset or equalize something.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction,…
• v. (transitive, media) To stop production of a programme.
• v. (printing, dated) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
• v. (obsolete) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
• v. (slang) To kill.
• n. A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
• n. (obsolete) An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
• n. (printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.

compensate

• v. To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
• v. To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy;…
• v. To adjust or adapt to a change, often a harm or deprivation.

compensation

• n. The act or principle of compensating.
• n. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation…
• n. The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are…
• n. A recompense or reward for some loss or service.
• n. An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide…
• n. The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision…

construction

• n. The process of constructing.
• n. Anything that has been constructed.
• n. The trade of building structures.
• n. A building, model or some other structure.
• n. (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
• n. The manner in which something is built.
• n. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
• n. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
• n. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
• n. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

contrast

• n. (countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more…
• n. (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
• n. (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) Antithesis.
• v. (transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between.
• v. (intransitive) To form a contrast.

correct

• adj. Free from error; true; the state of having an affirmed truth.
• adj. With good manners; well behaved; conforming with accepted standards of behaviour.
• v. (transitive) To make something that was not valid become right. To remove error.
• v. (by extension, transitive) To grade (examination papers).
• v. (transitive) To inform (someone) of the latter's error.

counteract

• v. To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on.
• v. To deliberately act in opposition to, to thwart or frustrate.

counterpoint

• n. (music) a melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains…
• n. any similar contrasting element in a work of art.
• n. An opposite point.
• v. (transitive) to compose or arrange such music.

counterpoise

• n. A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
• n. An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.
• n. The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
• v. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
• v. To act against with equal power; to balance.

countervail

• v. (obsolete) To have the same value as.
• v. To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
• v. To compensate for.

counterweight

• n. A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised…
• v. (transitive) To fit with a counterweight.

equaliser

• n. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of equalizer.

equalizer

• n. One who makes equal; a balancer.
• n. (sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
• n. A electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
• n. A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile,…
• n. Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
• n. A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected…
• n. A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
• n. (mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an…
• n. (category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms…

equilibrate

• v. (transitive) To balance, or bring into equilibrium.
• v. (intransitive) To balance, to be in a state of equilibrium.

equilibrium

• n. The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.
• n. (physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it…
• n. (chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.
• n. Mental balance.

equilibrize

• v. (transitive) To balance, or bring into equilibrium.
• v. (intransitive) To balance, to be in a state of equilibrium.

equipoise

• n. A state of balance; equilibrium.
• n. A counterbalance.
• v. (transitive) To act or make to act as an equipoise.
• v. (transitive) To cause to be or stay in equipoise.

neutralize

• v. (American) Alternative spelling of neutralise.

offset

• n. Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
• n. (international trade) A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within…
• n. (obsolete, c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
• n. A printing method, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the…
• n. (programming) The difference between a target memory address and a base address.
• n. (signal analysis) The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base…
• n. The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another.
• n. (surveying) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular…
• n. An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly…
• n. (botany) A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.
• n. A spur from a range of hills or mountains.
• n. (architecture) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by…
• v. To compensate for something.
• v. To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).

oppose

• v. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc…
• v. To object to.
• v. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
• v. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
• v. To compete with; to strive against.

structure

• n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
• n. The underlying shape of a solid.
• n. The overall form or organization of something.
• n. A set of rules defining behaviour.
• n. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
• n. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend…
• n. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
• n. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
• v. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

weight

• n. The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical…
• n. An object used to make something heavier.
• n. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
• n. Importance or influence.
• n. (weightlifting) A disc of iron, dumbbell, or barbell used for training the muscles.
• n. (physics) Mass (net weight, atomic weight, molecular weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
• n. (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
• n. (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
• n. (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
• n. (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
• n. (visual art) The illusion of mass.
• n. (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
• n. Pressure; burden.
• n. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
• v. (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
• v. (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
• v. (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
• v. (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.