counter

⁶coun·ter

adj

Definition of COUNTER

1

: marked by or tending toward or in an opposite direction or effect

2

: given to or marked by opposition, hostility, or antipathy

3

: situated or lying opposite <the counter side>

4

: recalling or ordering back by a superseding contrary order : countermanding <counter orders from the colonel>

Examples of COUNTER

1. <was unprepared for such a strong counter campaign by opponents of the legislative bill>

First Known Use of COUNTER

1582

Related to COUNTER

Synonyms: adverse, disadvantageous, hostile, inimical, negative, prejudicial, unfavorable, unfriendly, unsympathetic, untoward

Antonyms: advantageous, favorable, friendly, positive, supportive, sympathetic, well-disposed

Related Words: bad, baleful, baneful, evil; damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fatal, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, lethal, malignant, murderous, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, ruinous, threatening, troublesome, unhealthy, wounding; dangerous, hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe; calumnious, defamatory, detractive, offensive, scathing, slanderous; antagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, intolerant, uncongenial, uncooperative; competing, conflicting, counteracting, countering, opposing, resistant, resisting

Near Antonyms: beneficial, good, helpful, propitious, useful; harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, nondestructive, nonfatal, nonlethal, nonthreatening; unresistant; tolerant, understanding; affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, benign, benignant, complying, congenial, cordial, friendly, hospitable

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