All counterwork synonyms

verb counterwork

• respond — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• foil — to cover or back with foil.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• offset — something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
• retaliate — to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
• counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
• ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
• rectify — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
• redress — the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
• counterbalance — To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
• negate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
• correct — If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
• cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• buck — A buck is a US or Australian dollar.
• return — to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• vie — to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• bilk — To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means to cheat them out of it.
• cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
• parry — to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
• dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
• contravene — To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
• disappoint — to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us.
• meet — greatest lower bound
• backtalk — an impudent response; impudence.
• pit — the stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum.
• match — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
• invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
• countervail — to act or act against with equal power or force
• fix — to repair; mend.
• cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
• right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
• negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
• countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
• answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
• neutralise — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
• cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
• take on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.