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counterweight
noun as in ballast
Strongest match
Example Sentences
Morris has proposed the establishment of a “Science Public Information Network” as a public counterweight to scientific disinformation.
Trump has presented himself as a strongman counterweight of sorts to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who aspires to reclaim sovereignty over Taiwan as a part of China, by force if necessary.
The grouping, often referred to as a counterweight to the Western-led world, has expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
Their backs are also mirrored, and hefty steel counterweights are holding up the semicircular tubes that protrude out front.
The government has been keen to point to the above inflation generosity of the Triple Lock as a counterweight to its decision to scrap the Winter Fuel Allowance for most households.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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