Dictionary Entry
counteract
counteract is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 5 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.
- 2verb
destroy property or hinder normal operations
"The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
- 3verb
oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions
"This will counteract the foolish actions of my colleagues"
- 4verb
act in opposition to
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- 5verb
oppose or check by a counteraction
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