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Ballast - 8 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | ballast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something giving balance |
| Synonyms: | balance, brace, bracket, counterbalance, equilibrium, stability, support, weight, counterweight, sandbag, stabilizer |
| Main Entry: | anchor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something used to hold another thing securely |
| Synonyms: | ballast, bower, comfort, defense, fastener, foothold, grip, hold, hook, mainstay, mooring, pillar, protection, safeguard, security, staff, stay, support, grapnel, grappling iron, kedge, mud hook |
| Main Entry: | freight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goods being shipped |
| Synonyms: | ballast, bulk, burden, carriage, consignment, contents, conveyance, encumbrance, haul, lading, load, merchandise, pack, payload, shipment, shipping, transportation, wares, weight, bales, fardel, packages, tonnage |
| Main Entry: | poise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balance, suspend |
| Synonyms: | ballast, brood, float, hang, hold, hover, position, stabilize, stand, steady, support, wait, be ready |
| Antonyms: | drop, fall |
| Main Entry: | stabilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change |
| Synonyms: | balance, ballast, bolt, brace, buttress, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalize, fasten, firm, fix, freeze*, maintain, ossify, poise, preserve, prop, secure, set, settle, steady, stiffen, support, sustain, uphold, firm up, stabilitate |
| Antonyms: | change, shake, vary, weaken, wobble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden, saddle |
| Synonyms: | arrange, ballast, bear, carry, charge, choke, cram, fill, flood, freight, glut, gorge, heap, jam*, lumber, mass, pack, pile, place, stack, store, stow, stuff, surfeit, swamp, top, weigh, weigh down, weight, chock, containerize, heap up, lade, oversupply, pile it on, pile up, pour in, put aboard, ram in, top off |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, benefit, bless, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heaviness |
| Synonyms: | ballast, burden, density, gravity, gross, load, mass, measurement, net, pressure, substance, G-factor, adiposity, avoirdupois, heft, heftiness, ponderosity, ponderousness, poundage, tonnage |
| Main Entry: | weight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something used to measure heaviness |
| Synonyms: | anchor, ballast, bob, counterbalance, counterpoise, mass, plumb, plumb bob, pressure, rock, stone, counterweight, pendulum, poundage, sandbag, sinker |
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