Word Meanings - COUNTERACT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COUNTERACT)
- Bailie
- Frustrate
- counteract
- disconcert
- elude
- mock
- thwart
- confound
- defeat
- perplex
- restrain
- upset
- foil
- mar
- balk
- neutralize
- dodge
- counterfoil
- Balance
- Weigh
- poise
- pit
- counterpoise
- equalize
- estimate
- redress
- adjust
- Balk
- Estop
- bar
- frustrate
- stop
- prevent
- hinder
- nullify
- disappoint
- baffle
- Coerce
- Restrain
- inhibit
- impel
- compel
- drive
- check
- constrain
- force
- confine
- intimidate
- Countervail
- Counteract
- pose
- withstand
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COUNTERACT)
- Loose
- liberate
- instigate
- accelerate
- license
- indulge
- allow
- abet
- Over-balance
- aggravate
- Secure
- promote
- insure
- speed
- advance
- establish
- aid
Related words: (words related to COUNTERACT)
- SPECTACLE
An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Something exhibited to view; usually, - SPERMATOCYTE
See SPERMOBLAST - FORCE
To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak. - CHECKWORK
Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard. - SPECIFICNESS
The quality or state of being specific. - SPERMATIC
Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying - COUNTERACTIVE
Tending to counteract. - INHIBITORY
Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center. I would not have you consider these criticisms as inhibitory. Lamb. - SPERMATICAL
Spermatic. - CONFOUNDED
1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott. - CONFINER
One who, or that which, limits or restrains. - PREVENTATIVE
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. - SPECTROGRAPH
An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum. A photograph or picture of a spectrum. -- Spec`tro*graph"ic , a. --Spec`tro*graph"ic*al*ly , adv. --Spec*trog"ra*phy , n. - NEUTRALIZE
To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base. 3. To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference - SPECK
The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel. - RESTRAINABLE
Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne. - SPECTATORSHIP
1. The office or quality of a spectator. Addison. 2. The act of beholding. Shak. - SPECE
Species; kind. Chaucer. - UPSETTING
Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. Jamieson. - SPEECHLESS
1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. 2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. -- Speech"less*ly, adv. -- Speech"less*ness, n. - ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
Producing one seed only in a seed pod. - ASPER
Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. "An asper sound." Bacon. - PRELUDE
An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially , a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with - HALLOW
To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed - CALLOW
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play . - IMPREVENTABLE
Not preventable; invitable. - THRYFALLOW
To plow for the third time in summer; to trifallow. Tusser. - MISPENSE
See HALL - OOSPERM; OOESPERM
The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour. - DISPENSE
1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott. 2.