Synonyms for equilibrium
ˌi kwəˈlɪb ri əm, ˌɛk wə-; -ri əequi·lib·ri·um

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1. equilibriumnoun

   The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.

   Synonyms:
   stability, balance

   Antonyms:
   instability, disequilibrium, imbalance

2. equilibriumnoun

   Mental balance.

   Synonyms:
   sanity

   Antonyms:
   insanity, instability, madness

3. equilibriumnoun

   Antonyms:
   disequilibrium, non-equilibrium

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1. equilibriumnoun

   a stable situation in which forces cancel one another

   Synonyms:
   balance, equipoise, counterbalance, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium, labyrinthine sense, chemical equilibrium, vestibular sense

   Antonyms:
   disequilibrium

2. chemical equilibrium, equilibriumnoun

   a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates

   Synonyms:
   balance, equipoise, counterbalance, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium, labyrinthine sense, chemical equilibrium, vestibular sense

   Antonyms:
   disequilibrium

3. balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalancenoun

   equality of distribution

   Synonyms:
   sense of equilibrium, remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, balance, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, vestibular sense, residue, proportion, labyrinthine sense, sense of balance, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, offset, balance wheel, proportionality, chemical equilibrium

   Antonyms:
   disequilibrium

4. equilibrium, labyrinthine sense, vestibular sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibriumnoun

   a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head

   Synonyms:
   balance, equipoise, counterbalance, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium, labyrinthine sense, chemical equilibrium, vestibular sense

   Antonyms:
   disequilibrium

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1. equilibriumnoun

   Synonyms:
   equipoise, even balance, equality of weight

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1. equilibriumnoun

   Synonyms:
   equipoise, balance

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1. List of paraphrases for "equilibrium":

   balance, balancing, equilibria, steady-state, balanced

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1. Marquis de Sade:

   Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires.

2. Andrew Challenger:

   Employers going for hybrid may think four days a week and employees think it should be zero, as the labor market cools, we'll get closer to a new post-Covid equilibrium.

3. House Democrats:

   At some point Republicans are going to have to find an equilibrium if they plan to compete, clearly there's no sign of that occurring in the immediate future. You want to go with older white men, the counterbalance to that is going to be millennials, females and diversity coming back with a vengeance.

4. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   This move goes beyond the defensive needs of the relevant countries. If it is deployed it will directly impact China's and Russia's respective strategic security, not only does it threaten the resolution of the peninsula nuclear issue, it quite possibly could pour oil on the fire of an already tense situation, and even destroy strategic equilibrium on the peninsula.

5. Tom Stoppard:

   Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. Equilibrium is pragmatic. You have to get everything into proportion. You compensate, rebalance yourself so that you maintain your angle to the world. When the world shifts, you shift.