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Term: counter

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "counter": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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counter

Definitions

Noun

  1. Table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
  2. 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
  3. A calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
  4. A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
  5. A person who counts things
  6. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
  7. (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
  8. A piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
  9. A return punch (especially by a boxer)

Verb

  1. Speak in response
  2. Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

Adverb

  1. In the opposite direction
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "counter".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 counter 2 31
2 encountered 3 30
3 encounter 3 28
4 counterparts 3 11
5 counterpart 3 9
6 counters 2 8
7 encounters 3 8
8 counterpoint 3 5
9 counteract 3 4
10 counterattack 4 3
11 counteracted 4 2
12 counteracting 4 2
13 counterbalance 4 2
14 countered 2 2
15 counterbalanced 4 1
16 counterbalancing 5 1
17 counterchallenge 4 1
18 counterfeit 3 1
19 counterman 3 1
20 counterproposal 5 1
21 countervailing 4 1
22 counterattacked 4 0
23 counterattacking 5 0
24 counterattacks 4 0
25 counterbalances 5 0
26 counterbid 3 0
27 counterbids 3 0
28 counterchallenges 5 0
29 countercharge 3 0
30 countercharges 4 0
31 counterclaim 3 0
32 counterclaims 3 0
33 counterclockwise 4 0
34 countercultural 5 0
35 counterculture 4 0
36 counterespionage 6 0
37 counterfeited 4 0
38 counterfeiter 4 0
39 counterfeiters 4 0
40 counterfeiting 4 0
41 counterfeits 3 0
42 counterforce 3 0
43 counterforces 4 0
44 countering 3 0
45 counterinsurgencies 6 0
46 counterinsurgency 6 0
47 counterintelligence 6 0
48 counterlife 3 0
49 countermeasure 4 0
50 countermeasures 4 0
51 countermove 3 0
52 countermoves 3 0
53 counteroffensive 5 0
54 counteroffensives 5 0
55 counteroffer 4 0
56 counteroffers 4 0
57 counterparty 4 0
58 counterpoints 3 0
59 counterproductive 5 0
60 counterproposals 5 0
61 counterpunch 3 0
62 counterrevolt 4 0
63 counterrevolution 6 0
64 counterrevolutionary 8 0
65 countersue 3 0
66 countersued 3 0
67 countersuing 4 0
68 countersuit 3 0
69 countertenor 4 0
70 counterterrorism 6 0
71 counterterrorist 5 0
72 counterterrorists 5 0
73 countertop 3 0
74 countertops 3 0
75 countertrade 3 0
76 countervail 3 0
77 counterweight 3 0
78 counterweights 3 0
79 discounter 3 0
80 discounters 3 0
81 encountering 4 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "counter".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 carter 2 7
2 custer 2 5
3 equator 3 3
4 cantor 2 2
5 castor 2 2
6 clatter 2 2
7 crater 2 2
8 canter 2 1
9 critter 2 1
10 captor 2 0
11 caster 2 0
12 claytor 2 0
13 clutter 2 0
14 coaster 2 0
15 colter 2 0
16 corter 2 0
17 coster 2 0
18 coulter 2 0
19 courter 2 0
20 cuter 2 0
21 exeter 3 0
22 kalter 2 0
23 kanter 2 0
24 kantor 2 0
25 kaptur 2 0
26 karter 2 0
27 kaster 2 0
28 kelter 2 0
29 kester 2 0
30 kilter 2 0
31 kinter 2 0
32 kister 2 0
33 koester 2 0
34 kolter 2 0
35 koster 2 0
36 krauter 2 0
37 kreiter 2 0
38 kreuter 2 0
39 kuester 2 0
40 kuster 2 0
41 kuter 2 0
42 quitter 2 0
43 skelter 2 0
44 squatter 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "counter".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 country 2 324
2 count 1 49
3 outer 2 31
4 encounter 3 28
5 counted 2 17
6 counters 2 8
7 encounters 3 8
8 counteract 3 4
9 countered 2 2
10 counterman 3 1
11 scouter 2 0
12 courter 2 0
13 coulter 2 0
14 cuter 2 0
15 conte 1 0
16 discounter 3 0
17 countertop 3 0
18 countersue 3 0
19 countering 3 0
20 counterbid 3 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "counter" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 counter the 1 3

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "counter" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 to counter 1 6
2 program counter 2 5

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "counter" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 proponents 3 2
2 provided 3 2
3 newfoundland 3 2
4 could 1 2
5 program 2 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "counter".

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 12

Fragments: 81

Sound Alikes: 44

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 1

Words that Precede: 2

Statistically Associated: 5

Consonant Matches: 0

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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