counteract

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ act.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækt

Verb

counteract (third-person singular simple present counteracts, present participle counteracting, simple past and past participle counteracted)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:hinder

Derived terms

• counteractant
• counteracter
• counteractingly
• counteraction
• counteractive
• counteractively
• counteractor

Translations

to act in opposition to

• Bulgarian: противодействам
• Dutch: tegengaan (nl)

• German: entgegenwirken (de), bekämpfen (de)
• Kannada: ಮಲೆ (kn) (male), ಮಾರು (kn) (māru)