Thesaurus / counter-act
FEEDBACK- as ininvalidate
- as inkill
- as innullify
- as inobviate
- as inoffset
- as inprevent
- as inredress
- as inresist
- as inbalance
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- as incounter
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- as indisobey
- as infrustrate
- as inantagonize
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synonyms for counter-act
synonyms for counter-act
- stop
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- hold back
- louse up
- shut out
On this page you'll find 1255 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to counter-act, such as: abolish, abrogate, annul, discredit, disqualify, and impair.
antonyms for counter-act
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- start
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How to use counter-act in a sentence
That will I; for it will be good fun to counter-act some of his mischief.
HOUSEHOLD STORIES FROM THE LAND OF HOFERR. H. BUSKHe met that supreme act of authority by the counter act of removing the Pope's name from the diptychs.
THE FORMATION OF CHRISTENDOM, VOLUME VITHOMAS W. (THOMAS WILLIAM) ALLIES