Need another word that means the same as “counters”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “counters” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Counters” are: counterpunch, parry, heel counter, tabulator, buffet, sideboard, comeback, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte, anticipate, foresee, forestall, antagonistic
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “counters” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| buffet | A meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves. A cold buffet lunch. |
| comeback | A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one. There s no comeback if he messes up your case. |
| counterpunch | A return punch (especially by a boxer. |
| heel counter | The lower end of a ship’s mast. |
| parry | An act of parrying something. The swords clashed in a parry. |
| rejoinder | (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff’s replication. She would have made some cutting rejoinder but none came to mind. |
| replication | The repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves. Scientists will not believe an experimental result until they have seen at least one replication. |
| retort | A sharp, angry, or witty reply. She opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort. |
| return | A key pressed on a computer keyboard to simulate a carriage return in a word processing program or to indicate the end of a command or data string. He celebrated his safe return from the war. |
| riposte | A counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge. |
| sideboard | A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers. Bushy sideboards and a moustache. |
| tabulator | A facility in a word-processing program, or a device on a keyboard, for advancing to a sequence of set positions in tabular work. Businessmen speak out their minds to a tabulator on various issues. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “counters” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| anticipate | Regard something as probable or likely. She anticipated scorn on her return to the theatre. |
| foresee | Picture to oneself; imagine possible. It is impossible to foresee how life will work out. |
| forestall | Keep from happening or arising; make impossible. He would have spoken but David forestalled him. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “counters” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| antagonistic | Used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other’s effect. His antagonistic brusqueness. |
| analytical | Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole–intellectual or substantial–into its elemental parts or basic principles. Analytical reasoning. |
| backslide | Drop to a lower level, as in one’s morals or standards. There are many things that can cause slimmers to backslide. |
| backward | At or to or toward the back or rear. A backward view. |
| contrary | A contrary proposition. He ignored contrary advice and agreed on the deal. |
| converse | Conversation. Parental and filial are converse terms. |
| cultivate | Foster the growth of. Damp well cultivated soil. |
| inverse | Something that is the opposite or reverse of something else. Power is the inverse of dependence. |
| inversion | A transformation in which each point of a given figure is replaced by another point on the same straight line from a fixed point especially in such a way that the product of the distances of the two points from the centre of inversion is constant. Since the company maintains a franchisee model it is a viable target for inversion. |
| opposite | Of angles between opposite sides of the intersection of two lines. They went in opposite directions. |
| paradoxical | Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory. By glorifying the acts of violence they achieve the paradoxical effect of making them trivial. |
| pay | Render. It was his way of paying out Maguire for giving him the push. |
| receipt | Report the receipt of. She spent hours in the kitchen trying all sorts of receipts. |
| reception | (American football) the act of catching a pass in football. The tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line. |
| recurring | Coming back. They are haunted by a recurring image of their daughter on the night she died. |
| refractive | Of or relating to or capable of refraction. The refractive characteristics of the eye. |
| refractory | Temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli. A refractory case of acne. |
| refund | Pay back money to. You may be allowed to claim a refund of the tax. |
| repay | Make repayment for or return something. These sites would repay more detailed investigation. |
| repeated | Recurring again and again. Despite repeated requests neither company gave a satisfactory answer. |
| restitution | The restoration of something to its original state. The ANC had demanded the restitution of land seized from black people. |
| restoration | The restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France in 1814 following the fall of Napoleon Louis XVIII was recalled from exile by Talleyrand. The restoration looked exactly like the original. |
| retrace | Trace (something) back to its source or beginning. He began to retrace his steps to the station car park. |
| return | A good rate of return. McAllister went out in 43 and returned in 32. |
| reversion | A property to which someone has the right of reversion. A reversion to the two party system. |
| revert | (of property) return to (the original owner) by reversion. In the event of the building ceasing to become a school ownership would revert to the Church. |
| revolutionize | Change (something) radically or fundamentally. E mail revolutionized communication in academe. |
| rotate | Perform a job or duty on a rotating basis. Radial tyres should only be rotated from front to rear on the same side. |
| statistics | The practice or science of collecting and analysing numerical data in large quantities, especially for the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample. |
| till | A strongbox for holding cash. Till the soil. |
| wayward | Resistant to guidance or discipline. Wayward behavior. |
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