Synonyms for Counterweight:

• n.

  •
  • outcome,
  • impact,
  • side effect,
  • end result,
  • influence,
  • effect,
  • result,
  • consequence,
  • the upshot (of something),
  • the aftermath.
  •
  • load,
  • dead weight,
  • dense,
  • light,
  • heavy,
  • nett,
  • lightweight.
  •balance (noun)
  • balance.
  •ballast (noun)
  • support,
  • equilibrium,
  • stability,
  • brace,
  • bracket.
  •counterpoise (noun)
  • counterpoise.
  •counterpose (noun)
  • counterpose.
  •counterweight (noun)
  • equaliser,
  • equalizer.
  •weight (noun)
  • rock,
  • anchor,
  • plumb bob,
  • pressure,
  • plumb,
  • bob,
  • stone,
  • mass.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • weighty,
  • overweight,
  • WT,
  • weightless.
  •
  • tonnage,
  • density,
  • top-heavy,
  • ponderous.
  •
  • net.

Paraphrases for Counterweight:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    counterbalance, balance.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    weight, offset.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    counterparty, compensation.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    counterpart.

Antonyms for Counterweight:

• n.

  • ballast
    instability.
  • weight
    unimportance, solution, triviality, advantage, pleasure, benefit.

Counterweight Sentence Examples:

• At all events, this one fault, for fault it was, cannot or ought not to be set up as a counterweight against services which have given this island the highest position amongst all the nations of the earth.

• Power for rotating the disc is provided by a float rising in a clepsydra jar and connected, by a rope or chain passing over a pulley to a counterweight or by a rack and pinion, to an axle which supported the rotating disc and communicated this motion to it.

Homophones for Counterweight:

• centriscidae, Chauna Torquata, counteract, contracted, countryside, contour sheet, countershot, centrist, centrarchidae, countryseat, contrasty, centrarchid, contrast, condorcet, contract, contract out, countersuit.