• Choose a category
• All
• Classic-Fiction

: a European nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of a British earl

count·down noun : a backward counting in fixed units (as seconds) to indicate the time remaining before an event (as the launching of a rocket)

— count down verb

1countenance noun 1 : the human face

2 : FAVOR, APPROVAL

3 : the expression of the face

Synonyms

[1] face, mug, visage

[3] cast, expression, face, look, visage—more at LOOK

2countenance verb -nanced; -nanc·ing : to extend approval or toleration to : SANCTION, TOLERATE

Synonyms

accept, approve, care, favor, OK, sanction, subscribe

abide, bear, brook, endure, meet, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, take, tolerate—more at BEAR

1counter noun 1 : a piece (as of metal or plastic) used in reckoning or in games

2 : a level surface over which business is transacted, food is served, or work is conducted

2counter noun : a device for recording a number or amount

3counter verb : to act in opposition to

Synonyms

battle, combat, contend, fight, oppose—more at FIGHT

4counter adverb : in an opposite direction : CONTRARY

5counter noun 1 : OPPOSITE, CONTRARY

2 : an answering or offsetting force or blow

6counter adjective : marked by or tending toward or in an opposite direction or effect : CONTRARY, OPPOSITE

coun·ter·act verb : to lessen the force of : OFFSET

— coun·ter·ac·tive adjective

Synonyms

annul, cancel, compensate, correct, counterbalance, make up, neutralize, offset—more at OFFSET

coun·ter·at·tack noun : an attack made to oppose an enemy's attack

— counterattack verb

1counterbalance noun : a weight or influence that balances another

Synonyms

balance, canceler, counterweight, equipoise, offset

2counterbalance verb : to oppose with equal weight or influence

coun·ter·claim noun : an opposing claim esp. in law

coun·ter·clock·wise adverb : in a direction opposite to that in which the hands of a clock rotate

— counterclockwise adjective

coun·ter·cul·ture noun : a culture esp. of the young with values and mores that run counter to those of established society

coun·ter·es·pi·o·nage noun : activities intended to discover and defeat enemy espionage

1counterfeit adjective 1 : not genuine or real

2 : made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive

Synonyms

bogus, fake, false, inauthentic, phony, sham, spurious, unauthentic; also artificial, factitious, imitation, man-made, mock, simulated, substitute, synthetic; dummy, ornamental; fabricated, manufactured; deceptive, delusive, misleading

Antonyms

authentic, bona fide, genuine, real

2counterfeit verb 1 : to copy or imitate in order to deceive

2 : to imitate or feign esp. with intent to deceive : PRETEND, FEIGN

— coun·ter·feit·er noun

Synonyms

affect, assume, fake, feign, pretend, profess, put on, sham, simulate—more at FEIGN

3counterfeit noun : something counterfeit : FORGERY

Synonyms

fake, forgery, hoax, humbug, phony, sham—more at FAKE

coun·ter·in·sur·gen·cy noun : military activity designed to deal with insurgents

coun·ter·in·tel·li·gence noun : organized activities of an intelligence service designed to counter the activities of an enemy's intelligence service

coun·ter·in·tu·i·tive adjective : contrary to what would intuitively be expected

count·er·man noun : one who tends a counter

coun·ter·mand verb : to withdraw (an order already given) by a contrary order

coun·ter·mea·sure noun : an action or device designed to counter another

coun·ter·of·fen·sive noun : a large-scale counterattack

coun·ter·pane noun : a usu. ornamental cloth cover for a bed : BEDSPREAD

Synonyms

bedspread, spread; also comforter, puff, quilt; bedclothes, bedding

coun·ter·part noun : a person or thing very closely like or corresponding to another person or thing

Synonyms

coordinate, equal, equivalent, fellow, like, match, parallel, peer, rival—more at EQUAL

carbon copy, double,