What are some opposite words for balance?
Antonyms for balance
ˈbæl ənsbal·ance
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term balance.
Wiktionary
balancenoun
Antonyms:
partiality, non-equilibrium, unfairness, partisanship, prejudice, unbalance, bias, imbalance, favor, favourSynonyms:
scales, disinterest, non-partisanship, neutrality, even-handedness, equilibrium, weighing machine, fairness, weighbridge, account, impartialitybalancenoun
a device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
Antonyms:
partiality, unfairness, favor, imbalance, non-equilibrium, partisanship, favour, prejudice, bias, unbalanceSynonyms:
non-partisanship, equilibrium, weighbridge, even-handedness, disinterest, weighing machine, neutrality, fairness, impartiality, scales, accountbalancenoun
Libra
Antonyms:
unfairness, partiality, bias, unbalance, prejudice, imbalance, favour, partisanship, non-equilibrium, favorSynonyms:
disinterest, account, scales, fairness, neutrality, even-handedness, weighing machine, non-partisanship, equilibrium, weighbridge, impartialitybalancenoun
to make (items) weigh up.
Antonyms:
unbalance, bias, imbalance, unfairness, non-equilibrium, partisanship, favour, partiality, prejudice, favorSynonyms:
neutrality, weighbridge, disinterest, fairness, weighing machine, equilibrium, impartiality, even-handedness, account, non-partisanship, scalesbalancenoun
(figurative) to make (concepts) agree.
Antonyms:
favor, favour, non-equilibrium, partisanship, unbalance, unfairness, bias, imbalance, partiality, prejudiceSynonyms:
disinterest, neutrality, scales, fairness, even-handedness, equilibrium, impartiality, weighbridge, weighing machine, non-partisanship, accountbalancenoun
to hold (an object or objects) precariously.
Antonyms:
partiality, unbalance, unfairness, imbalance, favour, non-equilibrium, favor, prejudice, bias, partisanshipSynonyms:
non-partisanship, scales, weighing machine, weighbridge, fairness, disinterest, account, neutrality, even-handedness, equilibrium, impartialitybalancenoun
to make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
Antonyms:
unbalance, partiality, prejudice, partisanship, favour, imbalance, unfairness, non-equilibrium, favor, biasSynonyms:
account, non-partisanship, disinterest, fairness, scales, weighbridge, equilibrium, even-handedness, impartiality, neutrality, weighing machinebalancenoun
to be in equilibrium.
Antonyms:
unbalance, imbalance, unfairness, favour, prejudice, non-equilibrium, partiality, partisanship, bias, favorSynonyms:
scales, weighing machine, non-partisanship, impartiality, disinterest, account, even-handedness, equilibrium, neutrality, weighbridge, fairnessbalancenoun
to have matching credits and debits.
Antonyms:
partisanship, favour, bias, unbalance, unfairness, imbalance, prejudice, favor, non-equilibrium, partialitySynonyms:
weighbridge, account, equilibrium, disinterest, even-handedness, weighing machine, non-partisanship, neutrality, impartiality, fairness, scalesbalancenoun
apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.)
Antonyms:
non-equilibrium, partisanship, partiality, unfairness, imbalance, favour, bias, favor, prejudice, unbalanceSynonyms:
weighing machine, fairness, equilibrium, weighbridge, impartiality, account, scales, non-partisanship, disinterest, neutrality, even-handednessbalancenoun
a list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
Antonyms:
prejudice, favour, favor, partiality, non-equilibrium, unfairness, partisanship, imbalance, bias, unbalanceSynonyms:
equilibrium, impartiality, neutrality, weighing machine, weighbridge, disinterest, even-handedness, scales, account, fairness, non-partisanshipbalancenoun
the result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
I just need to nip to a bank and check my balance.
Synonyms:
disinterest, non-partisanship, even-handedness, weighbridge, impartiality, equilibrium, weighing machine, scales, fairness, neutrality, accountAntonyms:
imbalance, unbalance, favour, bias, prejudice, favor, non-equilibrium, unfairness, partisanship, partiality
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
balance
Antonyms:
upset, tilt, cant, subvert, mispoise, overbalanceSynonyms:
weigh, poise, pit, et, counterpoise, counteract, neutralize, equalize, estimate, redress, adjust
Matched Categories
Princeton's WordNet
balancenoun
a state of equilibrium
Antonyms:
instability, unbalance, imbalanceSynonyms:
remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, proportion, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, balance wheel, proportionalitybalancenoun
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
Antonyms:
unbalance, imbalance, instabilitySynonyms:
remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, proportion, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, balance wheel, proportionalityproportion, proportionality, balancenoun
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
"in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
Antonyms:
instability, unbalance, imbalanceSynonyms:
remainder, dimension, counterbalance, ratio, proportion, symmetry, equaliser, residual, counterpoise, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, balance wheel, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, equalizer, proportionalitybalance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalancenoun
equality of distribution
Antonyms:
unbalance, imbalance, instabilitySynonyms:
sense of equilibrium, remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, vestibular sense, residue, proportion, equilibrium, labyrinthine sense, sense of balance, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, offset, balance wheel, proportionality, chemical equilibriumremainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, restnoun
something left after other parts have been taken away
"there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
Antonyms:
instability, unbalance, imbalanceSynonyms:
remainder, relief, counterbalance, end, quietus, difference, relaxation, symmetry, equaliser, residual, ease, proportion, residuum, rest, repose, equalizer, counterweight, rest period, eternal sleep, residue, sleep, counterpoise, equilibrium, remnant, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, oddment, balance wheel, proportionality, eternal rest, respitebalancenoun
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
Antonyms:
imbalance, instability, unbalanceSynonyms:
remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, proportion, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, balance wheel, proportionalityLibra, Balancenoun
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
Antonyms:
instability, imbalance, unbalanceSynonyms:
remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, proportion, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, balance wheel, proportionalityLibra, Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scalesnoun
the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
Antonyms:
unbalance, instability, imbalanceSynonyms:
remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, proportion, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, balance wheel, proportionalitysymmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balancenoun
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
Antonyms:
unbalance, imbalance, instabilitySynonyms:
proportionateness, remainder, counterbalance, equalizer, proportion, commensurateness, symmetry, residuum, equaliser, residual, isotropy, parallelism, rest, counterweight, residue, counterpoise, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, agreement, balance wheel, proportionalitycounterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equalisernoun
a weight that balances another weight
Antonyms:
unbalance, imbalance, instabilitySynonyms:
remainder, counterbalance, proportion, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, counterpoise, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, offset, balance wheel, proportionalitybalance wheel, balancenoun
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
Antonyms:
instability, unbalance, imbalanceSynonyms:
remainder, counterweight, proportion, symmetry, equaliser, residual, counterpoise, residuum, rest, counterbalance, residue, balance wheel, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, equalizer, proportionalitybalanceverb
a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
Antonyms:
instability, unbalance, imbalanceSynonyms:
remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, proportion, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, balance wheel, proportionalitybalance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibriseverb
bring into balance or equilibrium
"She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"
Antonyms:
instability, unbalance, imbalanceSynonyms:
equilibrize, poise, equilibrate, equilibrisebalanceverb
compute credits and debits of an account
Antonyms:
instability, imbalance, unbalanceSynonyms:
equilibrize, poise, equilibrate, equilibrisepoise, balanceverb
hold or carry in equilibrium
Antonyms:
imbalance, instability, unbalanceSynonyms:
equilibrize, brace, poise, equilibrate, equilibrisebalanceverb
be in equilibrium
"He was balancing on one foot"
Antonyms:
imbalance, instability, unbalanceSynonyms:
equilibrize, poise, equilibrate, equilibrise
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
balancenoun
Antonyms:
preponderance, deficit, deficiencySynonyms:
scales, equipoise, equilibrium, steadiness, surplus, excess, remainder, overplus, poise, equipoise, weighing, estimatebalanceverb
Antonyms:
unbalance, derange, preponderateSynonyms:
poise, librate, equal, counterpoise, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, adjust, equalize, square
How to use balance in a sentence?
Disney has the superior balance sheet, cost of debt, equity and rationale to emerge victorious over Comcast in a bidding war.
I've worked in Pakistan, I've worked for international organizations but I haven't seen the kind of irresponsibility and violation of codes as in Pakistan, we want Pakistani media to avoid promoting extremist views. There should be balance.
The idea of individual freedom and the ability to make choices without external constraints has been the cornerstone of many democratic societies. However, the concept of liberty is not without its challenges, and it is essential to strike a balance between individual liberty and societal norms.
You feeling great, sexy, or confident could shift the balance of the relationship, they fear losing the identity of the more confident one or losing the upper hand.
Chief Executive Michael Corbat:
Through active expense and balance sheet discipline, we are on track to reach our financial targets for the year.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1963 | balance | |
#5455 | favor | |
#6805 | bias | |
#7071 | cant | |
#9423 | upset | |
#9808 | favour | |
#10154 | tilt | |
#10456 | prejudice | |
#14670 | instability | |
#21551 | imbalance | |
#51579 | subvert | |
#58226 | partisanship | |
#58948 | unfairness | |
#66952 | partiality | |
#97639 | unbalance |
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