COUNTERING Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

countering 1 of 2

adjective

as in opposing

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countering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of counter

as in fighting

to strive to reduce or eliminate efforts to counter poverty in every sector of our country

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Recent Examples of countering

Verb

Republicans' ace in the hole While Democratic candidates dominate direct donations, Republicans are countering with overwhelming outside spending. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 Tens of thousands of drones have been launched in the wars in Gaza, Iran, and Ukraine, and countering them is costly, imprecise, and dangerous, with defensive missiles leading to all manner of falling debris. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Meta has been aggressively countering this consumer distrust with a cute and fuzzy personal AI agent called Muse, which can, among other tasks, shop and check out. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 Reanimating or restaging this material through performance is a way of countering totalizing pictures of Choi, her legacy, and imperialist ideology. — Thomas Patier, Artforum, 9 Oct. 2026 With the trigger held down, the controller did a good job monitoring changes in acceleration and countering the wagon’s speed to maintain my walking pace. — Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026 Of course, the Dodgers will be able to rely on their gold-star pitching depth, countering Tuesday with World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto followed by fourth starter Tyler Glasnow. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 Then, in August 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard closed the Foreign Malign Influence Center, which coordinated the intelligence community’s analysis of foreign interference and methods for countering it. — RenÉe Diresta, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 Its bitterness is a secret weapon, countering the sweetness of the ketchup and complementing the warm notes the bourbon imparts. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for countering

Adjective

The Jazz didn’t play a highlight reel during the game to welcome the center back, as many teams often do for a player who returns on an opposing team.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Skattebo found a crease, lowered his helmet and ran over an opposing defender.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of opposing

Verb

The discovery raises the possibility of a grim outcome in the search for the four men, which has led to El Salvador deploying 450 special forces soldiers to Haiti as of Friday to aid the gang-fighting force in the search.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
The whole idea is for Israel to keep fighting, because endless wars serve Netanyahu to maintain… a constant state of emergency.

— Daniel Estrin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of fighting

Verb

Candidates may spend more of their time combatting misinformation as opposed to sharing their platform, Ridout said.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Unions can also be powerful tools for combating racial pay discrimination; the new report shows tripling union membership would narrow the racial wage gap by more than a third.

— Liz Shuler, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of combating

Adjective

The amendment, reviewed by The Times, contained conflicting language.

— Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Taken together, the lack of clarity surrounding his disappearance last season, the pre-draft reporting, and the conflicting expectations surrounding his current injury have naturally raised questions about his latest absence.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of conflicting

Adjective

When competing schools want to obtain the services of elite athletes but are blocked by NCAA eligibility limits, as has been the case, that’s a potential antitrust problem.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 June 2026
From the non-competing tier, there’s a few teams who absolutely spent in the 2026 draft, no shade here.

— Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

Definition of competing

Adjective

Organisms not resistant to this onslaught—anything from microbes and crops to whales and humans—would experience an almost violently severe sunburn.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
TikTok has been more resistant to Musk content than some of its competitors, refusing to reverse its position against accepting an ad for the trailer even after Meta and Google/YouTube did just that.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of resistant

Adjective

The hardworking, hard-to-play-against, honest types that get after it for your team or make life difficult on the opposing team with their persistence or heaviness.

— Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Many of these are responses to the above points on the ‘against’ side, and some of them are proposals for directions to explore to help overcome the issues raised.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024