All counterweight synonyms
coun·ter·weight
C c noun counterweight
- pressure — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- stability — the state or quality of being stable.
- bracket — If you say that someone or something is in a particular bracket, you mean that they come within a particular range, for example a range of incomes, ages, or prices.
- counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
- balance — If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
- brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
- sandbag — a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
- stabilizer — a person or thing that stabilizes.
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- stone — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- plumb — J(ohn) H(arold) 1911–2001, British historian.
- mass — the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
- rock — rock the boat, Informal. to disrupt the smooth functioning or routine of something: Don't rock the boat by demanding special treatment from management.
- bob — If something bobs, it moves up and down, like something does when it is floating on water.
- anchor — An anchor is a heavy hooked object that is dropped from a boat into the water at the end of a chain in order to make the boat stay in one place.
- ballast — Ballast is any substance that is used in ships or hot-air balloons to make them heavier and more stable. Ballast usually consists of water, sand, or iron.
- sinker — a person or thing that sinks.
- pendulum — a body so suspended from a fixed point as to move to and fro by the action of gravity and acquired momentum.
- poundage — confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.
- plumb bob — plummet (def 1).
verb counterweight
- neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
- neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.