Synonyms of the word

tare

• n. (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch.
• n. (rare) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
• n. The empty weight of a container; the tare weight or unladen weight.
• v. (chiefly business and law) To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting…
• v. (sciences) To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
• v. (obsolete) simple past tense of tear.
• n. Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce.

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.

cheat

• v. (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
• v. (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
• v. (transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
• v. (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
• v. To beguile.
• n. Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
• n. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition;…
• n. The weed cheatgrass.
• n. A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
• n. (video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat…

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.

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.

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.

darnel

• n. A species of ryegrass, Lolium temulentum, often found in wheat fields and often host to a fungus intoxicating…
• n. Various species of Lolium, especially as a weed in wheat fields.

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…

ryegrass

• n. (countable) Any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium.
• n. (uncountable) A collection of plants of any of the species, as in a lawn or field.

vetch

• n. Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible…
• n. Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.