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" (166 found)
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juxtapose in oppositionkeeplevellie heavymake upmakeweightmirror imagenail downnegatenegativatenegativeneutralizenullifyobverseoppositeopposite 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(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
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8 entriesderived
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1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σήκωμα noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
Arabic
4 entries- ثِقْل مُوَازِن noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- ثِقْل مُوَازِن noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
- سَقُوم noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- مُوَازَنَة noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- əks-çəki noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
Bulgarian
4 entries- балансьо́р noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
- противоте́жест noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- баланси́рам verb (to match or equal in effect when applying opposing force)
- уравновеся́вам verb (to apply weight in order to balance)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 抗衡力 noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- 抵消 verb (to match or equal in effect when applying opposing force)
- 相抵 verb (to apply weight in order to balance)
Czech
3 entries- protiváha noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- protizávaží noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- vyvážit verb (to apply weight in order to balance)
Dutch
1 entries- tegenwicht noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
Finnish
4 entries- vastapaino noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- vastapaino noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
- vastavoima noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
- tasapainottaa verb (to apply weight in order to balance)
French
4 entries- contrepoids noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- contrepoids noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
- contre-balancer verb (to match or equal in effect when applying opposing force)
- contrebalancer verb (to apply weight in order to balance)
German
3 entries- Gegengewicht noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- Gegengewicht noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
- Gegenkraft noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
Gujarati
1 entries- ધડો noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
Italian
1 entries- contrappeso noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
Kazakh
1 entries- қарсы салмақ noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
Macedonian
2 entries- противтежа noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- противтежа noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
Malay
4 entries- imbang balas noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- imbang balas noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
- imbang balas verb (to apply weight in order to balance)
- imbang balas verb (to match or equal in effect when applying opposing force)
Norwegian
2 entries- motveie verb (to apply weight in order to balance)
- motveie verb (to match or equal in effect when applying opposing force)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- motvekt noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- motvekt noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- motvekt noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- motvekt noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دنك noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- دنك noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
Polish
1 entries- przeciwwaga noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
Portuguese
4 entries- contrapeso noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- contrapeso noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
- contrabalancear verb (to apply weight in order to balance)
- contrapesar verb (to apply weight in order to balance)
Romanian
2 entries- contrabalansa verb (to apply weight in order to balance)
- cumpăni verb (to apply weight in order to balance)
Russian
3 entries- противове́с noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- противове́с noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
- уравнове́шивать verb (to apply weight in order to balance)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- protuteža noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
Spanish
4 entries- contrabalanza noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- contrabalanza noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
- contrapeso noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- contraposición noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
Swedish
2 entries- motvikt noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
- motvikt noun (force or influence balancing an opposite one)
Turkish
1 entries- denge ağırlığı noun (weight balancing an opposite one)
Sample 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.
Source: tatoeba (11202318)
Big brother counterbalances his two siblings to the pound.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.