COUNTERING Synonyms

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

• an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

• discouraging by hindering

• preventing realization or attainment of a desire

• preventing movement

• preventing movement

• characterized by active hostility

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

• preventing realization or attainment of a desire

• an engagement fought between two military forces

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

• be in contradiction with

• deny the truth of

• be resistant to

• prove negative; show to be false

• compensate for or counterbalance

• oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

• be in contradiction with

• deny the truth of

• prove negative; show to be false

• make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

• block passage through

• shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight

• overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

• prove to be false or incorrect

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

• express opposition through action or words

• withstand the force of something

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse to comply

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat

• answer back

• arousing animosity or hostility

• used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect

• indicating opposition or resistance

• characterized by antagonism or antipathy

• incapable of harmonious association

• regard something as probable or likely

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• realize beforehand

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• be excited or anxious about

• be a forerunner of or occur earlier than

• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

• a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves

• usually inexpensive bar

• strike against forcefully

• strike, beat repeatedly