Synonyms of imbalance

imbalance

noun

as in inequality

a state or condition in which different things do not occur in equal or proper amounts

There is an imbalance between his work life and family life.

Related Words

• inequality
• difference
• contrast
• distinctiveness
• distinctness
• divergence
• disproportion
• disparity
• distinction
• discrepancy
• friction
• differentiability
• diversity
• dissimilarity
• disagreement
• distance
• deviance
• variation
• nonequivalence
• strife
• conflict
• change
• modification
• discord
• disparateness
• dissimilitude
• unlikeness
• variability
• discordance
• diverseness
• otherness
• disunity
• variance
• dissension
• distinguishability
• incongruity
• dichotomy
• dissent
• incongruence
• discriminability
• incompatibility
• dissidence
• nonconformity
• anomalousness
• incongruousness

Dissimilar Words

• identity
• agreement
• accordance
• correspondence
• conformity
• equality
• parallelism
• congruity
• equivalence
• similitude
• identicalness
• equivalency
• homogeneity
• uniformity
• similarity
• community
• analogy
• resemblance
• sameness
• likeness
• homogeneousness
• analogousness
• alikeness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imbalance

Matt Hunt | Anadolu | Getty Images The world's finance chiefs spent last week in Bangkok debating the biggest risk facing the global economy — with debt, artificial intelligence and trade imbalances topping the list. — Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Since the 1970s, leap seconds have also been doing the job of correcting the imbalance between astronomical time and the ultraprecise atomic clocks that now set the global standard. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Serhiy Beskrestnov, a Ukrainian military analyst who advises Zelensky on weapons technologies, said an operational Rassvet system would create an imbalance in the adversaries’ capabilities. — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026

In the face of this imbalance, Zelenskyy vowed to restart Ukrainian attacks, come what may. — Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026