Tom, this lumber, sat at one end of this sentence, while, too light to counterbalance him, on the other side, sat Mary.
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Counterbalance
/ˌkaʊntəˈbæləns/
Synonyms for "counterbalance" (191 found)
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Noun(15 words)
balancecounterpoisecounterweightequipoiseoffsetbalance conceptbalance in motionbalancedbalancerbalancesbalancingbalancing equationsballastingballastschecks and balances
Strong matches (57)
Noun(13 words)
Adjective(1 words)
ecological system balance
Related words (95)
equivalenteveneven upfirmfirm upfitfixativeflip sidefoilfoul windfreezefrustrategive-and-takegyroscopehave weighthead windheftholdhold the scalesimmobilize
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integrateinvalidateinversejuxtapose in oppositionkeeplevellie heavymake upmakeweightmirror imagenail downnegatenegativatenegativeneutralizenullifyobverseoffsetopposeoppositeopposite numberoppugnother sideoutweighparallelpin downplay at cross-purposespoiseproportionquid pro quoreactionrectifyredeemretainreverserun counter toset offsetoffsomething of valuesquaresquare upstabilitatestabilizestabilizersteadystickstrike a balancestultifythe contrarythe other sidethwarttip the scalestit for tattransfixundercurrentundovis-a-visvitiatevoidweighweigh heavyweigh inweigh outweight
Verb(7 words)
Noun(4 words)
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13 entriesbalanced scalebalancing mechanismcalibrationchecks and balancescounterweightcounterweight systemcounterweighted leverneutralizeneutralizeroffsetoffset counterweightoffsetting factorweighting
Collocations
17 entriesbalanced scalechecks and balancescompensatory effectcounterbalance effectcounterbalance forcecounterbalance mechanismcounterbalance weightcounterbalancing designcounterbalancing forcecounterbalancing mechanismcounterbalancing variablecounterweight systemcounterweighted levermechanical counterbalanceoffsetting effectoffsetting influence
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4 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I don't think this business could have succeeded without my keen, calculating partner to counterbalance my adventurous nature.
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I don't exercise enough to counterbalance the amount of calories I take in.
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Big brother counterbalances his two siblings to the pound.
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