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

Homeland Security Investigations plays a key role in countering fentanyl smuggling by targeting routes and laboratories and working with other law enforcement agencies to investigate smuggling operations. — Ariana Figueroa, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2026 Prepare revenue management for machine-to-machine negotiation—an agent presenting constraints, a pricing engine countering with a dynamic package, a deal closing in milliseconds. — Himanshu Sinha, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Proposition 42 would outlaw retroactive taxation, directly countering Proposition 40 and killing the wealth tax. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 The reality of this technology means that the very innovation that drives the revolutionary discoveries also creates the new threats—and the same tools that make those threats so dangerous are also essential to countering them. — Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Trump has made countering the persecution of Christians in Africa by Islamic terrorists a core focus since his return to the White House. — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2026 Overall, Red Sea basing to date has focused more on crisis response in East Africa, countering and competing against Russia and China. — Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Dubai’s population has surpassed its prewar level, countering the narrative that the Iran conflict would drive out the city’s expats. — semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Instagram videos became the go-to medium for obtaining information and countering disinformation for many people following the protest. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for countering

Adjective

Federal immigration officials have also issued an arrest warrant for Godoy Alfaro, accusing him of assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding or interfering with a federal officer.

— Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
During training camp and the preseason, Reich has used his tight ends in various ways to exploit opposing defenses.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of opposing

Verb

Body camera footage shows that Jonah Neal did not pose a threat that warranted deadly force when a member of the federal crime-fighting task force in Memphis shot him in late May, according to a lawyer representing his family.

— Juliana Kim, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026
Surveillance video obtained by ABC7 New York shows two men fighting in the street before gunshots ring out, and a vehicle swerves around the moped, appearing to flee the scene.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of fighting

Verb

The fastest-growing category now is NAD+ — a coenzyme central to mitochondrial energy production and DNA repair — sold as boosting energy, combating aging and enhancing recovery.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
In later years, Parton and her charitable Dollywood Foundation were active in charitable work encouraging literacy and combating the spread of HIV and AIDS.

— Chris Morris, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of combating

Adjective

If your adjusters still need to move between multiple systems, reconcile conflicting information or manually validate data, the technology is most likely adding complexity instead of eliminating it.

— David Tobias, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The statement comes after conflicting comments across social media suggested Thomas had died.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 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

But what sinks the latter two shows is that voters still seem to be resistant toward honoring works of science-fiction.

— Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026
Jonathan Howland, an emeritus professor of emergency medicine at Boston University, who has studied hangovers and people who are mysteriously resistant to them, thinks that one possible source of the condition is methanol.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 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