Synonyms for countervail
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Verb
1. Counteract — to counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate
counteract, neutralize, neutralise UK, counterbalance, balance, cancel, compensate, contravene, counterpoise
Definitions
- v. 1
To counter, counteract, counterbalance, neutralize, or negate.
Related words
- Word family
- counterexample
Forms
- Past participle
- countervailed
e.g. countervailed → counteracted, neutralized, counterbalanced, balanced…
Example sentences
- balance The balance at the bank stands at two million yen.
- counteract Reality and dreams counteract each other.
- neutralize Flavio can try using antibiotics to neutralize the bacteria.
- counterbalance I don't exercise enough to counterbalance the amount of calories I take in.
- withstand My house is designed to withstand an earthquake.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| countervail | falling | |
| balance | steady | |
| counteract | steady | |
| neutralize | steady | |
| counterbalance | steady | |
| withstand | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- cancel2
- 7 letters
- balance2
- 9 letters
- withstand2
- 10 letters
- compensate3, counteract3, neutralize3, neutralise, contravene3
- 12 letters
- counterpoise
- 14 letters
- counterbalance4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cancel2 = 2 syllables).