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| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equilibrium |
| Synonyms: | antithesis, correspondence, counterbalance, equity, equivalence, evenness, hang, harmony, parity, proportion, symmetry, tension, even-steven, stasis |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, imbalance, instability |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make equal; cause to have equilibrium |
| Synonyms: | accord, adjust, attune, cancel, collate, come out, compensate, correspond, counteract, counterbalance, equalize, equate, even, harmonize, level, match, neutralize, nullify, offset, oppose, parallel, poise, readjust, redeem, set, square, stabilize, steady, tie, weigh, come out even, make up for, pair off |
| Antonyms: | disproportion, unbalance, overbalance |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composure |
| Synonyms: | equanimity, poise, self-control, self-possession, stability, steadfastness |
| Antonyms: | imbalance, noncomposure |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compare |
| Synonyms: | assess, consider, deliberate, estimate, evaluate, weigh |
| Antonyms: | unbalance |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money remaining in account |
| Synonyms: | difference, dividend, excess, profit, remainder, residue, rest, surplus |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make equal numerically |
| Synonyms: | adjust, audit, calculate, compute, count, enumerate, equate, estimate, figure, settle, square, sum up, tally, total |
| Antonyms: | unbalance |
| Main Entry: | account |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | record of finances, fees, or charges |
| Synonyms: | IOU*, bad news*, balance, bill, book, charge, check, computation, cuff*, grunt*, inventory, invoice, ledger, reckoning, record, register, report, score, statement, tab, tally, books |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mechanically alter, especially to |
| Synonyms: | align, balance, connect, correct, fine-tune, fit, fix, focus, grind, improve, mend, overhaul, polish, readjust, rectify, regulate, renovate, repair, service, set, sharpen, square, tighten, tune up, bring into line, calibrate, improve accommodate, put in working order, troubleshoot |
| Antonyms: | derange, disarrange, unsuit |
| Main Entry: | atone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate; make amends for former misdoing |
| Synonyms: | absolve, answer, apologize, appease, balance, correct, counterbalance, do penance, expiate, make amends, make redress, make reparation, make up for, offset, outweigh, pay, pay one's dues, propitiate, recompense, reconcile, redeem, redress, repair, set off, square, take one's medicine |
| Main Entry: | attune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, accustom, adapt, balance, compensate, conform, coordinate, counterbalance, familiarize, harmonize, integrate, proportion, reconcile, regulate, tune, acclimatize, make agree |
| Main Entry: | audit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspect financial records |
| Synonyms: | analyze, balance, check, examine, go over, go through, investigate, report, review, scrutinize, survey, verify, sit in |
| Main Entry: | average |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obtain numerical mean |
| Synonyms: | balance, equate, even out |
| 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: | classicism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | simple style; regularity, restraint |
| Synonyms: | balance, clarity, class, dignity, elegance, excellence, finish, formality, grandeur, lucidity, majesty, nobility, objectivity, polish, proportion, propriety, purity, refinement, rhythm, severity, simplicity, sobriety, symmetry, Atticism, Ciceronianism, Hellenism, aesthetic principle, classicalism, conventional formality, formal style, grand style, high art, neoclassicism, pure taste, rationalism, sublimity |
| Main Entry: | compare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine in contrast |
| Synonyms: | analyze, approach, balance, bracket, collate, confront, consider, contemplate, contrast, correlate, divide, equal, examine, hang, inspect, juxtapose, match, measure, observe, oppose, parallel, ponder, rival, scan, scrutinize, segregate, separate, study, touch, weigh, hold a candle to, match up, place in juxtaposition, set against, set side by side, size up, stack up against, weigh against another |
| Notes: | compare emphasizes the similarities between or among things, though not losing sight of the differences; contrast emphasizes the differences |
| Main Entry: | compare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liken, equate |
| Synonyms: | approach, assimilate, balance, come up to, connect, correlate, equal, equate, identify with, link, match, parallel, relate, resemble, standardize, tie up, vie, allegorize, approximate to, be in the same class as, be on a par with, bear comparison, bring near, compete with, distinguish between, draw parallel, hold a candle to, make like, notice similarities, put alongside, show correspondence, stack up with |
| Main Entry: | compensate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offset, make up for |
| Synonyms: | abrogate, annul, balance, better, counteract, counterbalance, counterpoise, fix, improve, invalidate, negate, negative, neutralize, nullify, outweigh, redress, repair, atone for, cancel out, countervail, make amends, set off |
| Antonyms: | damage, deprive, penalize |
| Main Entry: | complement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | companion, counterpart |
| Synonyms: | accompaniment, addition, aggregate, augmentation, balance, capacity, completion, consummation, correlate, counterpart, enhancement, enrichment, entirety, quota, remainder, rest, supplement, total, totality, correlative, filler, finishing touch, makeweight, pendant, rounding-off |
| Main Entry: | composition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | structure, arrangement |
| Synonyms: | agreement, architecture, balance, beauty, combination, concord, configuration, consonance, constitution, content, design, distribution, form, formation, harmony, layout, proportion, relation, rhythm, style, symmetry, weave, make-up, placing, spacing |
| Main Entry: | composure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calmness, collectedness |
| Synonyms: | accord, aplomb, assurance, balance, calm, contentment, control, cool*, coolness, dignity, ease, equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, fortitude, harmony, moderation, nonchalance, peace of mind, poise, polish, presence of mind, quiet, repose, sang-froid, self-assurance, self-control, self-possession, serenity, sobriety, stability, tranquility, cool head, coolheadedness, dispassion, even temper, imperturbability, inexcitability, levelheadedness, placidity, quietude, sedateness |
| Antonyms: | agitation, excitement, upset, arousal, discomposure, perturbedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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