COUNTERWEIGHTS Synonyms

• any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship

• coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads

• an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings

• a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)

• an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps

• make steady with a ballast

• something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

• the act of compensating for service or loss or injury

• a weight that balances another weight

• equality of distribution

• a compensating equivalent

• adjust for

• contrast with equal weight or force

• oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• a compensating equivalent

• a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

• a natural consequence of development

• a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

• structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly

• compensate for or counterbalance

• make up for

• cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface

• create an offset in

• produce by offset printing

• a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging state

• airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft

• a device for making something stable

• a weight that balances another weight

• constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra

• a state of equilibrium

• the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

• equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

• harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)

• equality of distribution

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

• (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

• a weight that balances another weight

• a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat

• a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

• bring into balance or equilibrium

• compute credits and debits of an account

• hold or carry in equilibrium

• be in equilibrium

• a weight that balances another weight

• equality of distribution

• a compensating equivalent

• adjust for

• contrast with equal weight or force

• oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions

• constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to

• electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion

• a weight that balances another weight

• electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion

• a weight that balances another weight

• a score that makes the match even