counterweight

Speech parts

1. counterweight - Noun

2. counterweight - Verb

Meaning

a weight that balances another weight

constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

balance counterbalance equalizer equaliser counterpoise counterpose redeemer counteraction gyroscope rag sinker wing equilibrium correspondence counter
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Antonyms

damage hierarchy prejudice imbalance vandalize derange
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Hypernyms

oppose counterbalance weight

Hyponyms

tare sash weight

Phrases with the word

sash counterweight

Examples

The Democratic and Republican parties each operates as a necessary counterweight in a partnership designed to keep the pendulum of power swinging in perpetuity from the one set of colluding quislings to the other, and back. Ilana Mercer

It was heavy, and I staggered when I lifted it; but it was strangely satifying to have a real burden upon my shoulders – a kind of counterweight to my terrible heaviness of heart. Sarah Waters

Egalitarian policies are the best way to unite and empower people, and are also a necessary counterweight to the sometimes detrimental influence of market forces. Johanna Sigurðardottir

To be innocent is to bear the weight of the entire universe. It is to throw away the counterweight. Simone Weil

A counterweight at the upper end keeps the center of mass well above geostationary orbit level. Source: Internet

After devolution began to take place in other parts of the United Kingdom it was planned that referendums for the regions of England would take place for their own elected regional assemblies as a counterweight. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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