What is another word for ballast?
363 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ b_ˈa_l_ə_s_t], [ bˈaləst], [ bˈaləst]Table of Contents
Similar words for ballast:- anchor (noun)
- artifact (noun)
- counterpoise (noun)
- counterweight (noun)
- freight (noun)
- weight (noun)
- load (verb)
- poise (verb)
- stabilize (verb)
- other synonyms
- break out
- burden
- crushed rock
- stabilize
- other relevant words
Definition for Ballast:
Synonyms for Ballast:
n.
•anchor (noun) •artifact (noun) •counterpoise (noun) •counterweight (noun) •freight (noun) •weight (noun)v.
•load (verb)- heaps up,
- oversupplying,
- containerizing,
- piles on,
- piles it on,
- heaped up,
- containerizes,
- over supply,
- over-supplied,
- puts aboard,
- piling it on,
- piled it on,
- rammed in,
- over supplied,
- poured in,
- over supplies,
- piled on,
- over-supplying,
- tops off,
- putting aboard,
- ramming in,
- rams in,
- pours in,
- pouring in,
- topping off,
- over supplying.
- are ready,
- art ready,
- is ready,
- were ready,
- being ready,
- was ready,
- wast ready,
- am ready,
- wert ready.
- counter poised,
- pre-serves,
- counter balanced,
- stabilitates,
- up holding,
- up-held,
- counter-poising,
- counter balance,
- counter poising,
- counter balances,
- counter balancing,
- counter-balancing,
- pre served,
- up-holding,
- pre serve,
- counter-poised,
- up hold,
- up-holds,
- firming up,
- up holds,
- firms up,
- stabilitated,
- pre-serving,
- counter-balanced,
- up-hold,
- pre-served,
- stabilitating,
- up held,
- pre serving,
- pre serves.
Other synonyms:
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- bollard,
- oar,
- overhead compartment,
- AWACS,
- altimeter,
- flap,
- cockpit,
- ramp,
- cowling,
- sextant,
- aerofoil,
- bulkhead,
- undercarriage,
- tail,
- rotor blade,
- ejection seat,
- canopy,
- tailplane,
- flight data recorder,
- life vest,
- chassis,
- fuselage,
- fin,
- inboard motor,
- gondola,
- jet engine,
- life preserver,
- sonar,
- lifebelt,
- avionics,
- thruster,
- underbelly,
- life jacket,
- airfoil,
- overhead locker,
- flotation device,
- flight recorder,
- nose,
- aileron,
- flight deck,
- landing gear,
- outboard motor.
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- control.
- burthen,
- simoleons,
- support,
- importance,
- restrict,
- brassy,
- dough,
- establish,
- bones,
- backsliding,
- Stabilitate,
- build,
- jack,
- aplomb,
- cheek,
- equilibrium,
- placid,
- hardness of heart,
- QUO,
- barretter,
- blunt,
- unsteady,
- qualify,
- fixative,
- lead,
- amends,
- infamy,
- grease,
- equipoise,
- Improbity,
- shameless,
- prudence,
- unperturbed,
- clear the decks,
- atonement,
- setoff,
- lightsome,
- quid pro quo,
- Unsteadfast,
- gravity,
- temerarious,
- retain,
- clear for action,
- firm,
- equanimity,
- wanton,
- bunce,
- ballast resistor,
- Flagrancy,
- volatile,
- impropriety,
- vacillating,
- light-minded,
- tact,
- mainstay,
- indiscreet,
- repress,
- debasement,
- pin down,
- forbid,
- pressure,
- cabbage,
- trim,
- Pravity,
- brazen,
- reckless,
- rocks,
- imperturbability,
- indemnity,
- malevolence,
- giddy,
- capricious,
- charge,
- contain,
- crushed stone,
- transfix,
- mollify,
- scandal,
- makeweight,
- constitute,
- Spondulics,
- bind,
- bracket,
- calm,
- cool,
- Boodle,
- serious,
- foundation,
- shekels,
- desperate,
- bullets,
- compose,
- confine,
- satisfy,
- immobilize,
- power supply unit,
- brutality,
- Beans,
- immorality,
- bold,
- inattentive,
- ointment,
- weigh down,
- pert,
- prohibit,
- wild,
- overstrung,
- restrain,
- give and take,
- light,
- offset,
- rude,
- Mopus,
- clinkers,
- tranquil,
- Berries,
- consideration,
- firm up,
- bucks,
- sugar,
- rhino,
- keep,
- bribe,
- sober,
- self-possession,
- chink,
- gravitation,
- wampum,
- weight down,
- brass,
- rash,
- curb,
- assuage,
- light ballast,
- manage,
- spondulix,
- stone,
- atrocity,
- plunks,
- equivalent,
- balance,
- hush money,
- hold,
- salt,
- gingerbread,
- Make-weight,
- corruption,
- vigilance,
- Chips,
- moss,
- reduce,
- changeable,
- devil-may-care,
- laxity,
- gyroscope,
- possibles,
- incautious,
- careless,
- freeze,
- accommodate,
- immobilise,
- burden,
- cannibalism,
- brash,
- mazuma,
- specific gravity,
- sobering,
- uncalculating,
- kale,
- imprudent,
- demoralization,
- tin,
- foresight,
- knavery,
- set-off,
- suppress,
- indecorum,
- heedless,
- arrogant,
- depravity,
- corn,
- cargo,
- flippant,
- obliquity,
- sobriety,
- killick,
- counterclaim,
- nail down,
- pacify,
- dust,
- subdue,
- quash,
- neglectful,
- improvident,
- impertinent,
- OOF,
- head over heels,
- prove,
- profligacy,
- lesbianism,
- stick,
- stability,
- sheet anchor,
- erect,
- pollution,
- make up,
- frothy,
- heels over head,
- madcap,
- barefaced,
- saucy,
- fickle,
- break bulk,
- stabilizer.
Paraphrases for Ballast:
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
Ballasting.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
stabilization, stabilisation, gravel.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Ballast:
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n.
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something giving balance
instability.
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something giving balance
Ballast Sentence Examples:
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Between this floor and the bottom of the boat, a space of upwards of a foot in depth, there is some light ballast of cork or wood, and some parts of the space are left empty.
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Wheat was first sent out of the state to England as ballast for returning ships, but the trade gradually increased until there are now over one hundred of the finest sailing vessels engaged in it.
Homophones for Ballast:
- blackhead, bilsted, blasted, blight, blackout, bowlegged, bubblejet, bulge out, blocked, blockaded, black cat, bleached, bell seat, black-seeded, balistidae, bell cote, biologist, black kite, blackwood, balsa wood, black widow, black out, blockade, bell cot, blighty, bile acid, bulkhead, Ballistite, black-tie, blockhead, blast, blue cat, Ballista, bluish-white, blackseed, bullshot, bleach out, bellicosity, block out, bluejacket, black tea, black-coated, blaze out, Bluecoat, black tie, blessed, blockheaded, black tai, black death, blest, blessed with, blighted, Billy Goat.
