Dictionary Entry
counter
counter is a 7-letter English word with 30 senses as adverb, transitive verb, adjective, noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 30 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.
- 2transitive verb
One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.
- 3transitive verb
A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
- 4transitive verb
Money; coin; -- used in contempt.
- 5transitive verb
A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.
- 6transitive verb
A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
- 7transitive verb
A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.
- 8adverb
Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.
- 9adverb
In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.
- 10adverb
At or against the front or face.
- 11adjective
Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue.
- 12adverb
The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
- 13adverb
Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.
- 14adverb
The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
- 15adverb
The back leather or heel part of a boot.
- 16noun
An encounter.
- 17intransitive verb
To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
- 18noun
a return punch (especially by a boxer)
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- 19noun
a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- 20noun
table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- 21noun
a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
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- 22noun
a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
"a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot"
- 23noun
game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- 24noun
(computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- 25noun
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
"it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
- 26noun
a person who counts things
- 27verb
speak in response
"He countered with some very persuasive arguments"
- 28verb
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
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- 29adjective
indicating opposition or resistance
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- 30adverb
in the opposite direction
"run counter"
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