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counter
adjective as in opposite, opposing
adverb as in contrary, reverse
Strong match
verb as in answer, respond in retaliation
Example Sentences
The Chinese government has been spending billions - through family subsidies, more wages and discounts for consumer goods in a bid to counter this, but retail sales growth is still failing to meet expectations.
A united front will give the U.S. more economic heft to counter China’s coercion.
Working together is the only way that they can strengthen their individual economies—and muster the collective economic strength needed to counter China, Russia, and now America’s economic and political coercion.
Approximately 5% of crime is reported to front counters, which equates to about 50,000 of the one million crimes reported in London annually, the force said.
Patriotism—even in 1943—strikes Hart as strictly for the rubes; Rodgers counters that “Oklahoma!” is oblique reassurance of “what we’re fighting for.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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