Thesaurus results for COUNTERCLAIM

counterclaim

noun

as in complaint

a court case brought against the plaintiff of another court case by the defendant The defendant filed a counterclaim for his own injuries, claiming that he only rear-ended the plaintiff because she had stopped too fast.

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Recent Examples of counterclaim Worse, Paramount’s fraud and copyright infringement counterclaims—alleging Gray deliberately hid his participation (which Gray denies)—were greenlit for trial. —

Tom Dotan, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026 In his counterclaims against Stalcup, the former analyst accused of stealing and doctoring documents alleges the 2023 capital calls used misleading statements to get people to pitch in. —

Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026 Steven Cooper, the lead lawyer for PleasrDAO, blasted Shkreli’s counterclaims. —

Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2026 The management firm later filed counterclaims against CAA over its use of noncompetes. —

Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for counterclaim

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Noun

Lack of communication from airlines during disruptions is a major complaint from customers across carriers, and anything companies can do to alleviate that will help with those frustrations.

— Zach Wichter, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
Sinagra said that Brooksby resigned as a consequence of the complaints, but disagreed with them.

— Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026