COUNTERPOINT Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

counterpoint

noun

Definition of counterpoint

as in contrast

something or someone that is different from another especially in a pleasing way The warm color palette of the furniture is the perfect counterpoint to the cool walls. The acidity of the sauce works in counterpoint to the richness of the dish.

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Recent Examples of counterpoint The texture leans icy, a fun contrast and a natural bridge to the smoother, mellower cardamom counterpoint alongside. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 These sessions also provide a useful counterpoint to claims that filmmaking is moving toward a single production model. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 Crisp, white linens and white curtains are a striking counterpoint, with texture arriving in unfinished, stone support beams. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 Despite not being produced by instruments as such, the sequences Stanton found playing in his ears were strangely musical; their arrangement, through its patterning, the dynamism of its counterpoint and dissonance, almost symphonic. — Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for counterpoint

Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterpoint

Noun

By contrast, Alzheimer’s disease typically is associated with memory and language loss, and is more associated with apathy and depression than with anxiety.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
In stark contrast to the organic, pictorial design of the Nativity Façade on the opposite side of the basilica, which depicts the birth of Jesus, Gaudí employed skeletal forms to evoke human suffering and Christ’s final days.

— Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of contrast

Noun

Her human slogan machine rap seemed more like a complement to JT’s malleable traditionalism rather than the other way around.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
With the complete battery complement installed, the concept is claimed to produce 195 hp and weigh 485 lb (220 kg).

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026