counter

Plural: counters

Noun

• table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
• 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
• a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
• a person who counts things
• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
• (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
• 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"
• a return punch (especially by a boxer)
• One who counts.
• A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.
• An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
• A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.
• A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
• A hit counter.
• A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted
• A shop tabletop on which goods are examined, weighed or measured.
• In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.
• In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
• Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
• The prison attached to a city court; a compter.
• A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although rare and optional in English (e.g. "20 head of cattle"), they are numerous and required in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
• Something opposite or contrary to something else.
• A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
• The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.
• The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
• Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.
• The breast of a horse; that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
• The enclosed or partly closed negative space of a glyph.
• An encounter.
• counterattack

Verb

Verb Forms: countered, countering, counters

• To oppose or react to something with an opposing action.
• speak in response
  • "He countered with some very persuasive arguments"
• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
• To contradict, oppose.
• To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
• To take action in response to; to respond.
• To encounter.

Adjective Satellite

• indicating opposition or resistance

Adverb

• in the opposite direction
  • "run counter"

Adv

• Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
• In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.

Adj

• Contrary or opposing

Examples

• Always know a counter to any hold you try against your opponent.
• He put his money on the counter, and the shopkeeper put it in the till.
• He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.
• He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.
• Her bold play forced him to counter with a defensive move, blocking off the triple word score.
• His carrying a knife was counter to my plan.

Synonyms

antagonistic, anticipate, buffet, comeback, counterpunch, foresee, forestall, heel counter, parry, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte, sideboard, tabulator, adverse, bench, contrasted, measure word, opposed, opposite

Anagrams of counter