What is another word for counterweight?
Pronunciation:
[ kˈa͡ʊntəwˌe͡ɪt], [ kˈaʊntəwˌeɪt], [ k_ˈaʊ_n_t_ə_w_ˌeɪ_t]
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Synonyms for Counterweight:
n.
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- outcome,
- impact,
- side effect,
- end result,
- influence,
- effect,
- result,
- consequence,
- the upshot (of something),
- the aftermath.
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- load,
- dead weight,
- dense,
- light,
- heavy,
- nett,
- lightweight.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- weighty,
- overweight,
- WT,
- weightless.
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- net.
- undertide,
- regulator,
- lading,
- meshwork,
- isotropy,
- retrieve,
- shilling,
- mantle,
- frame,
- armorial bearing,
- array,
- lighting,
- corroborate,
- easy,
- wing flat,
- laden,
- duet,
- tantrum,
- eternal rest,
- substantiate,
- apartment,
- heraldic bearing,
- heel counter,
- puzzler,
- puzzle,
- net profit,
- flock,
- hold up,
- careen,
- light source,
- ordinate,
- shake up,
- illumine,
- thickness,
- direction,
- concord,
- burster,
- spate,
- rip,
- point,
- weight unit,
- emphasise,
- pressure sensation,
- flavorless,
- abstemious,
- bland,
- disciplinary,
- leave out,
- oppressiveness,
- moulding,
- network,
- lightness,
- riptide,
- fell,
- ossification,
- wood block,
- sustenance,
- liken,
- blackjack,
- twinkle,
- jog,
- skirt,
- savorless,
- secure,
- gravid,
- fabric,
- flank,
- commit,
- send away,
- swing,
- dip,
- braces,
- abidance,
- bill,
- neutralization,
- shred,
- neutralisation,
- work,
- discussion,
- turn on,
- duo,
- big,
- back,
- chew up,
- sideboard,
- break water,
- endocarp,
- have words,
- impingement,
- call on the carpet,
- harmoniousness,
- ground,
- condition,
- chew out,
- lodge,
- plump for,
- wallop,
- cargo,
- twain,
- impression,
- equilibrize,
- financial backing,
- digest,
- swag,
- labored,
- implication,
- frame in,
- drip,
- tantalise,
- great,
- send packing,
- drapery,
- tide rip,
- monotonic,
- waste,
- loose,
- harlan f. stone,
- final,
- undertone,
- signification,
- adjoin,
- stolon,
- go back,
- pill,
- cloggy,
- peck,
- black,
- cinque,
- flush,
- dimension,
- berate,
- wash away,
- tabulator,
- consort,
- ease,
- lowering,
- even,
- bait,
- gruelling,
- railroad,
- gyro,
- ring,
- bear upon,
- conjunction,
- sleep,
- filler,
- mess,
- touch,
- abide,
- dim,
- drop-off,
- tripping,
- shed,
- effectuate,
- issue,
- vapid,
- scant,
- dragoon,
- devolve,
- care,
- vista,
- razz,
- unaccented,
- redress,
- brightness level,
- backwash,
- cork,
- earnings,
- internet,
- indorse,
- nark,
- saddle,
- backstage,
- event,
- pay,
- stoutness,
- sluttish,
- dock,
- fire up,
- mainstay,
- back up,
- bobsled,
- aline,
- remain,
- matte,
- translation,
- lightheaded,
- tonnage duty,
- inner light,
- kickoff,
- lap,
- tantalize,
- stun,
- silver screen,
- essence,
- fire,
- tightness,
- invalidate,
- expend,
- dampen,
- raft,
- fender,
- quintet,
- flatten out,
- extension,
- excite,
- asymmetry,
- arduous,
- act upon,
- lambast,
- bitstock,
- lead,
- emphasize,
- throw away,
- equal,
- torment,
- lite,
- alinement,
- tilt,
- residuary,
- phoebe,
- tablet,
- repair,
- remunerate,
- matt,
- dismiss,
- accordance,
- clear,
- rebuke,
- musical accompaniment,
- combining weight,
- corpulent,
- stomach,
- forestall,
- check,
- devil,
- oddment,
- cut down,
- washing,
- persecutor,
- offstage,
- interchange,
- batting,
- sack,
- endure,
- subvert,
- laborious,
- take to task,
- discharge,
- clean,
- orthodontic braces,
- undermine,
- burdensomeness,
- great deal,
- shoot down,
- backup,
- spend,
- call down,
- keep,
- cast,
- with child,
- energise,
- illumination,
- vestibular sense,
- conniption,
- barretter,
- categoric,
- profound,
- material,
- steady,
- idle,
- tag,
- collide,
- large,
- shipment,
- encumbrance,
- weaken,
- concealment,
- equivalent weight,
- rock candy,
- atmospheric pressure,
- energize,
- mint,
- net income,
- bracing,
- igniter,
- conform,
- exercising weight,
- concentration,
- bother,
- quid,
- counterweight,
- controvert,
- pay off,
- bobfloat,
- affect,
- final result,
- margin,
- sullen,
- heavily,
- kick,
- rock-and-roll,
- documentation,
- freight,
- electric charge,
- cool,
- insistency,
- dry wash,
- fly,
- ratio,
- free fall,
- insistence,
- lapidate,
- dismount,
- march,
- affirm,
- lade,
- panorama,
- relief,
- passel,
- shake,
- prospect,
- sway,
- mold,
- tail,
- chit,
- mickle,
- borderline,
- anchorperson,
- institutionalize,
- taunt,
- import,
- conformation,
- mystifier,
- gem,
- visible light,
- harmonise,
- remnant,
- relaxation,
- hard,
- guardianship,
- background,
- buck,
- impounding,
- roost,
- appoint,
- ignite,
- lucre,
- drop anchor,
- reclaim,
- directly,
- determine,
- pall,
- fleshy,
- considerateness,
- bracket out,
- fight back,
- complaint,
- loading,
- plane,
- launder,
- adulterate,
- core,
- gist,
- shock,
- backcloth,
- perk up,
- make up,
- reciprocation,
- fight,
- stagger,
- punishing,
- arouse,
- flatbed,
- light-colored,
- wash out,
- sabotage,
- get down,
- put up,
- banter,
- eternal sleep,
- anticipate,
- stack,
- alight,
- darnel,
- volume,
- catch one's breath,
- mat,
- edge,
- rile,
- rock music,
- react,
- correct,
- luminosity,
- chafe,
- keystone,
- rock and roll,
- omit,
- solvent,
- lot,
- anchorman,
- dumb,
- musical harmony,
- corrosive,
- lynchpin,
- leaden,
- knock off,
- accent,
- remonstrate,
- grievous,
- disciplinal,
- word,
- erosive,
- lambaste,
- abut,
- 5,
- blame,
- circumstance,
- surround,
- butt against,
- backbone,
- gravel,
- louvre,
- commove,
- thrill,
- sparkle,
- realine,
- get to,
- take a breather,
- commensurateness,
- sense of equilibrium,
- vexer,
- put down,
- rock'n'roll,
- fend for,
- line up,
- accuse,
- unload,
- sink,
- living,
- obtuse,
- moment,
- starting time,
- monotonous,
- people,
- match,
- pressing,
- heap,
- aftermath,
- neutralise,
- weight down,
- outset,
- solution,
- blackmail,
- bread and butter,
- matted,
- confirm,
- airstream,
- conformism,
- fall,
- annexe,
- weak,
- underpin,
- hale,
- imperativeness,
- start,
- first,
- regain,
- weighed down,
- get-go,
- free weight,
- multitude,
- contradict,
- agreement,
- hold,
- screenland,
- jaw,
- fill out,
- enceinte,
- view,
- offshoot,
- parry,
- rush,
- savourless,
- chide,
- get at,
- slow,
- recuperate,
- washout,
- jarful,
- retainer,
- stretch,
- indemnify,
- tabloid,
- good deal,
- boundary line,
- masses,
- bawl out,
- patronise,
- reside,
- compressed,
- square bracket,
- perch,
- outgrowth,
- dun,
- 2-dimensional,
- sort,
- bobsleigh,
- perimeter,
- ponderousness,
- weighting,
- clash,
- correspond,
- consign,
- washables,
- replication,
- riposte,
- regulate,
- plummet,
- unconditional,
- sieve,
- flat tire,
- shot,
- bobtail,
- raillery,
- wakeful,
- rally,
- monotone,
- bear down,
- get even,
- difference,
- butt on,
- backbreaking,
- drop cloth,
- antagonise,
- stimulate,
- debase,
- adiposis,
- span,
- termination,
- labyrinthine sense,
- pentad,
- mission,
- hatful,
- accentuate,
- shake off,
- showtime,
- accusation,
- end,
- stay,
- payload,
- reconcile,
- suspension,
- assuredness,
- wall bracket,
- low-cal,
- distich,
- pearl,
- resultant role,
- belie,
- bead,
- patronize,
- play off,
- tutelage,
- luminousness,
- molding,
- get off,
- light-headed,
- profit,
- compactness,
- stabilise,
- stick out,
- resultant,
- corpulence,
- swooning,
- alliance,
- convalesce,
- square up,
- web,
- picture,
- send,
- last,
- void,
- plum,
- buffet,
- adapt,
- compliance,
- overlook,
- dress down,
- set down,
- bump around,
- ground tackle,
- flavourless,
- rejoinder,
- quash,
- respite,
- drop off,
- obese,
- file,
- foresee,
- runner,
- rigidification,
- impoundment,
- linchpin,
- eq,
- prostrate,
- environ,
- sight,
- angle,
- trounce,
- squeeze out,
- slew,
- shoot,
- commission,
- coerce,
- force per unit area,
- mountain,
- stand,
- wash drawing,
- proportionateness,
- unhorse,
- repose,
- treaty,
- little phoebe,
- backchat,
- straight,
- annul,
- wakeless,
- promiscuous,
- dyad,
- scold,
- tormenter,
- allot,
- rotund,
- leave,
- yellow journalism,
- toilsome,
- filmdom,
- cogent,
- gemstone,
- duad,
- incumbrance,
- profits,
- grant,
- shield,
- throw,
- telling,
- consignment,
- irritate,
- twit,
- cast anchor,
- bear,
- cushion,
- block out,
- agree,
- light within,
- touch on,
- recoup,
- conformance,
- lurch,
- stabiliser,
- right,
- bedevil,
- caustic,
- thick,
- sustain,
- upshot,
- dribble,
- tag end,
- endorse,
- fallout,
- instability,
- meshing,
- squeeze,
- wanton,
- batch,
- sonorous,
- bulk,
- suspender,
- set up,
- reel,
- impenetrable,
- commencement,
- overcompensate,
- lave,
- annex,
- lie,
- cyberspace,
- bearing,
- antagonistic,
- meaning,
- slant,
- deal,
- return,
- press,
- tension,
- billing,
- vindicate,
- warhead,
- stableness,
- jackanapes,
- lecture,
- screen out,
- tab key,
- parallelism,
- louver,
- fit,
- vitriolic,
- quint,
- neglect,
- shift,
- funding,
- transmutation,
- rouse,
- degenerate,
- tear,
- pair,
- reinforcement,
- insipid,
- boot,
- quite a little,
- yoke,
- onus,
- delimitation,
- whippersnapper,
- curtsy,
- lightsome,
- race,
- recompense,
- force,
- tableau vivant,
- twosome,
- constancy,
- covert,
- fit in,
- couple,
- grandness,
- sound,
- threatening,
- flatcar,
- tempt,
- bobber,
- suffer,
- punctuate,
- butt,
- supporting,
- setting,
- reprimand,
- grave,
- drape,
- bound,
- pot,
- wad,
- tenseness,
- keep going,
- shape,
- explosive charge,
- thoughtfulness,
- coordinate,
- system of weights,
- plenty,
- overleap,
- encroachment,
- unbalance,
- fight down,
- cathexis,
- dangle,
- cast off,
- tailfin,
- illume,
- lode,
- dilute,
- visible radiation,
- rigidifying,
- tolerate,
- harlan fisk stone,
- branch,
- retort,
- tantamount,
- bang,
- chord,
- set,
- sang-froid,
- grim,
- pretermit,
- pact,
- expectant,
- rag week,
- blind,
- cheat,
- pit,
- contravene,
- tease,
- aggregate,
- bursting charge,
- denseness,
- chemical equilibrium,
- dangling,
- laboured,
- jounce,
- bear on,
- comeback,
- wood engraving,
- illuminate,
- doughnut,
- load up,
- ballast resistor,
- cover,
- cancel,
- fivesome,
- coalition,
- categorical,
- emphasis,
- charm,
- grueling,
- backing,
- rock 'n' roll,
- pressure level,
- beginning,
- aplomb,
- restorative,
- onerousness,
- sack up,
- avoid,
- luminance,
- unclouded,
- crucify,
- set-back,
- dull,
- lighter,
- muckle,
- light up,
- quintuplet,
- short,
- air pressure,
- bearded darnel,
- sheet,
- stabilize,
- test,
- defend,
- subscribe,
- strike down,
- countercheck,
- internment,
- light ballast,
- riddle,
- gallus,
- interior decoration,
- brook,
- breathe,
- strain,
- compare,
- livelihood,
- do in,
- answer,
- equalise,
- tidy sum,
- batten down,
- wall hanging,
- quietus,
- ragtime,
- lumbering,
- tunnage,
- drop down,
- cliff,
- countervail,
- moisten,
- wash off,
- set off,
- bear out,
- angle bracket,
- reenforcement,
- rest period,
- clayey,
- charge up,
- resolution,
- lavation,
- pillow,
- find,
- counterpunch,
- focus,
- mesh,
- five,
- ignitor,
- slipstream,
- patronage,
- plunk for,
- diorama,
- try,
- projection screen,
- nettle,
- concordance,
- laundry,
- annoyer,
- couplet,
- miss,
- burthen,
- aspect,
- intemperate,
- donut,
- rinse,
- hoi polloi,
- calorie-free,
- brightness,
- accompaniment,
- lozenge,
- throw off,
- tatter,
- aggregative,
- agitate,
- offset printing,
- institutionalise,
- level,
- financial support,
- ride,
- ensue,
- equilibrise,
- vex,
- sense of balance,
- textile,
- tail fin,
- driblet,
- pile,
- frustrate,
- antagonize,
- two-dimensional,
- faint,
- spark,
- the great unwashed,
- annoy,
- deteriorate,
- lightly,
- jolt,
- countermine.
- Counterforce,
- scrim,
- asbestos board,
- springs,
- fire curtain,
- recover,
- flyweight,
- residual,
- screen,
- backdrop,
- scenery,
- border,
- counteract,
- flat,
- liquidate,
- gyroscope,
- burden,
- importance,
- counteraction,
- proportionality,
- cyclorama,
- decor,
- countercurrent,
- hanging,
- fixative,
- asbestos,
- mordant,
- equilibration,
- act drop,
- even up,
- batten,
- transformation,
- flatten,
- equivalent,
- stiffening,
- setoff,
- nullify,
- flywheel,
- canceler,
- rest,
- pressure,
- correspondence,
- accord,
- equilibrate,
- heaviness,
- justify,
- teaser,
- symmetry,
- drop curtain,
- head wind,
- governor,
- drop,
- charge,
- offset,
- align,
- weightiness,
- Neutralizer,
- keel,
- crosscurrent,
- wing,
- shock absorber,
- neutralize,
- tableau,
- flipper,
- give and take,
- hairspring,
- tormentor,
- residue,
- even off,
- poise,
- makeweight,
- foul wind,
- transformation scene,
- consideration,
- proportion,
- counter,
- curtain,
- even out,
- stress,
- remainder,
- corrective,
- equipoise,
- residuum,
- cloth,
- balance rudder,
- fin,
- balance wheel,
- conformity,
- eke out,
- significance,
- scene,
- coulisse,
- quid pro quo,
- counterpressure,
- undercurrent,
- woodcut,
- equate,
- counterblast,
- equalize,
- rag,
- tare,
- adjust,
- negate,
- tab,
- symmetricalness,
- sash weight,
- compensate.
How to use "Counterweight" in context?
Counterweights are common devices used in modern equipment and engineering. They are used to balance out the scales of a balance beam or other weight-bearing object, so as to keep it from tipping over. In physics, a counterweight is a mass or other object, often small, added to a system in order to balancing its weight or altering its equilibrium.
Paraphrases for Counterweight:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
balance, counterbalance.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Forward Entailment
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
compensation, counterparty.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
counterpart.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Counterweight:
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- Synonyms:
- bring to a screeching halt.