Counterweight: alternatives and connections

To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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Tore.

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To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

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To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

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An apparatus for weighing.

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To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

One who, or that which, equalizes anything.

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