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Definition of counter : An encounter.

Synonyms:

showcase, replication, opposed, income tax return, restoration, shrug off, antonymous, antipodean, vice versa, restriction, predict, antipathetical, contradictory, checkerboard, comeback, negative, takings, convertor, antipodal, checkers, inimical, polar, comment, Chinese checkers, board game, forestall, carry off, conflicting, agitator, hostile, preclude, conversely, converse, ledge, range, forgiveness, limitation, take, confines, checkout, card table, back talk, changing room, allusion, worktop, anticipate, proceeds, prejudicial, snack counter, attack, aside, diametrical, coming back, compressor, bromide, previse, bagatelle, forebode, prognosticate, bon mot, dressing room, snack bar, unfriendly, strike back, dinner table, match, envision, write back, parry, disadvantageous, paradoxical, acknowledgment, countertop, antonymic, checker, expect, foretell, haberdashery, rejoin, recurrence, work out, manage, antipathetic, incompatible, afterthought, yield, to the contrary, boundary, opposite, carriage, menswear, domino, homecoming, worktable, reappearance, stand, dinette set, boiler, control, pit, backgammon, replica, breakfast bar, unsympathetic, overcome, barb, forbid, contrary, rejoinder, regaining, charger, counterpunch, restitution, tax return, return key, otherwise, payoff, butcher block, converter, answer back, foresee, promise, reproduction, chopping block, play off, foreclose, tabulator, heel counter, bargain basement, talk back, look to, unfavorable, heel, get through, cold store, balance, diametric, antithetical, fitting room, hit back, cope, getting even, untoward, limit, paying back, shelf, call, look for, riposte, reverse, issue, restraint, constraint, dinette, blower, sound reflection, handle, antagonistic, surmount, calculator, chess, prevent, reverberation, foreknow, opposing, backchat, department, display case

challenge, rebel, counteract, defy, countermand, cross, resist, dissent, dare, face, affront, confront, contravene

hinder, antagonize, inhibit, protest, oppress, obstruct, contradict, object, rebuff, conflict, check, impede, repress, fight, repulse, interfere, repel, suppress, disagree, dispute, intercept, meddle

cripple, clog, constipate, congest, restrain, fetter, mire, complicate, detain, curb, deter, plug, thwart, restrict, impair, cramp, encumber, choke, snarl, hamstring, dam, handicap, bung, interrupt, entrap, drag, constrain, bottleneck, brake, entangle, catch, baffle, stay, burden, stop, paralyze, jam, hamper, delay, frustrate, tangle, crimp, snag, block, foul

emporium, market place, office, chain, grocery, warehouse, stall, convenience store, bureau, mart, supermarket, department store, establishment, bazaar, depot, stock exchange, shop, store, market, fair

reciprocate, counterblow, return fire, repay, retribute, reprise, exchange, retaliate, redress, avenge, revenge

answer, reply, counter-state, respond, return, acknowledge, come back, explain, rebut, retort, echo, countercharge, expound, counter-accuse, counter-reply, counterclaim

defend, secure, safeguard, guard, argue, save, police, fend, buffer, barricade, sustain, shield, screen, ward, backfire, counterattack, oppose, cover, shelter, uphold, support, bar, avert, protect

desk, captain's table, nightstand, lamp stand, coffee table, buffet, sideboard, kitchen table, table, tea table, turntable, workbench, console, dresser, dining table, bench, round

Usage examples:

• Then between eleven and twelve in the morning the enemy developed his first counter- attack. - "From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917", Philip Gibbs.
• " I have to have the bell," said the man behind the counter, reading my thought, " I'm alone here just now." - "Moonbeams From the Larger Lunacy", Stephen Leacock.
• As the children looked at the letters on the counter, wondering whether or not to take them in to Mrs. Golden, she herself came out of the back room. - "Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store", Laura Lee Hope.