Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun balancing

1 sense of balancing

Sense 1
reconciliation, balancing -- (getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement")
       => equalization, equalisation, leveling -- (the act of making equal or uniform)

Antonyms of verb balance

1 of 4 senses of balance

Sense 1
balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise -- (bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights")
       Antonym of unbalance (Sense 1)
      => unbalance -- (throw out of balance or equilibrium; "The tax relief unbalanced the budget"; "The prima donna unbalances the smooth work in our department")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb balance

4 senses of balance

Sense 1
balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise -- (bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights")
       => match, fit -- (make correspond or harmonize; "Match my sweater")

Sense 2
balance -- (compute credits and debits of an account)
       => account, calculate -- (keep an account of)

Sense 3
poise, balance -- (hold or carry in equilibrium)
       => hold, carry, bear -- (support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright")

Sense 4
balance -- (be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

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