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

1 sense of counterclaim

Sense 1
counterclaim -- (a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action)
       => legal action, action, action at law -- (a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong)

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

1 sense of counterclaim

Sense 1
counterclaim -- (set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim)
       => claim -- (ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount")