Antonyms for balance
ˈbæl ənsbal·ance

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1. balancenoun

   Antonyms:
   partiality, non-equilibrium, unfairness, partisanship, prejudice, unbalance, bias, imbalance, favor, favour

   Synonyms:
   scales, disinterest, non-partisanship, neutrality, even-handedness, equilibrium, weighing machine, fairness, weighbridge, account, impartiality

2. balancenoun

   a device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.

   Antonyms:
   partiality, unfairness, favor, imbalance, non-equilibrium, partisanship, favour, prejudice, bias, unbalance

   Synonyms:
   non-partisanship, equilibrium, weighbridge, even-handedness, disinterest, weighing machine, neutrality, fairness, impartiality, scales, account

3. balancenoun

   Libra

   Antonyms:
   unfairness, partiality, bias, unbalance, prejudice, imbalance, favour, partisanship, non-equilibrium, favor

   Synonyms:
   disinterest, account, scales, fairness, neutrality, even-handedness, weighing machine, non-partisanship, equilibrium, weighbridge, impartiality

4. balancenoun

   to make (items) weigh up.

   Antonyms:
   unbalance, bias, imbalance, unfairness, non-equilibrium, partisanship, favour, partiality, prejudice, favor

   Synonyms:
   neutrality, weighbridge, disinterest, fairness, weighing machine, equilibrium, impartiality, even-handedness, account, non-partisanship, scales

5. balancenoun

   (figurative) to make (concepts) agree.

   Antonyms:
   favor, favour, non-equilibrium, partisanship, unbalance, unfairness, bias, imbalance, partiality, prejudice

   Synonyms:
   disinterest, neutrality, scales, fairness, even-handedness, equilibrium, impartiality, weighbridge, weighing machine, non-partisanship, account

6. balancenoun

   to hold (an object or objects) precariously.

   Antonyms:
   partiality, unbalance, unfairness, imbalance, favour, non-equilibrium, favor, prejudice, bias, partisanship

   Synonyms:
   non-partisanship, scales, weighing machine, weighbridge, fairness, disinterest, account, neutrality, even-handedness, equilibrium, impartiality

7. balancenoun

   to make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.

   Antonyms:
   unbalance, partiality, prejudice, partisanship, favour, imbalance, unfairness, non-equilibrium, favor, bias

   Synonyms:
   account, non-partisanship, disinterest, fairness, scales, weighbridge, equilibrium, even-handedness, impartiality, neutrality, weighing machine

8. balancenoun

   to be in equilibrium.

   Antonyms:
   unbalance, imbalance, unfairness, favour, prejudice, non-equilibrium, partiality, partisanship, bias, favor

   Synonyms:
   scales, weighing machine, non-partisanship, impartiality, disinterest, account, even-handedness, equilibrium, neutrality, weighbridge, fairness

9. balancenoun

   to have matching credits and debits.

   Antonyms:
   partisanship, favour, bias, unbalance, unfairness, imbalance, prejudice, favor, non-equilibrium, partiality

   Synonyms:
   weighbridge, account, equilibrium, disinterest, even-handedness, weighing machine, non-partisanship, neutrality, impartiality, fairness, scales

10. balancenoun

    apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.)

    Antonyms:
    non-equilibrium, partisanship, partiality, unfairness, imbalance, favour, bias, favor, prejudice, unbalance

    Synonyms:
    weighing machine, fairness, equilibrium, weighbridge, impartiality, account, scales, non-partisanship, disinterest, neutrality, even-handedness

11. balancenoun

    a list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.

    Antonyms:
    prejudice, favour, favor, partiality, non-equilibrium, unfairness, partisanship, imbalance, bias, unbalance

    Synonyms:
    equilibrium, impartiality, neutrality, weighing machine, weighbridge, disinterest, even-handedness, scales, account, fairness, non-partisanship

12. balancenoun

    the result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.

    I just need to nip to a bank and check my balance.

    Synonyms:
    disinterest, non-partisanship, even-handedness, weighbridge, impartiality, equilibrium, weighing machine, scales, fairness, neutrality, account

    Antonyms:
    imbalance, unbalance, favour, bias, prejudice, favor, non-equilibrium, unfairness, partisanship, partiality

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. balance

   Antonyms:
   upset, tilt, cant, subvert, mispoise, overbalance

   Synonyms:
   weigh, poise, pit, et, counterpoise, counteract, neutralize, equalize, estimate, redress, adjust

Matched Categories

1. • Account
   • Arrangement
   • Astrology
   • Be
   • Difference
   • Equality
   • Equilibrium
   • Hold
   • Math
   • Part
   • Person
   • Sign
   • Spatial Property
   • Structure
   • Weight
   • Wheel

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. balancenoun

   a state of equilibrium

   Antonyms:
   instability, unbalance, imbalance

   Synonyms:
   remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, proportion, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, balance wheel, proportionality

2. balancenoun

   equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

   Antonyms:
   unbalance, imbalance, instability

   Synonyms:
   remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, proportion, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, balance wheel, proportionality

3. proportion, proportionality, balancenoun

   harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)

   "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin

   Antonyms:
   instability, unbalance, imbalance

   Synonyms:
   remainder, dimension, counterbalance, ratio, proportion, symmetry, equaliser, residual, counterpoise, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, balance wheel, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, equalizer, proportionality

4. balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalancenoun

   equality of distribution

   Antonyms:
   unbalance, imbalance, instability

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

5. remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, restnoun

   something left after other parts have been taken away

   "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"

   Antonyms:
   instability, unbalance, imbalance

   Synonyms:
   remainder, relief, counterbalance, end, quietus, difference, relaxation, symmetry, equaliser, residual, ease, proportion, residuum, rest, repose, equalizer, counterweight, rest period, eternal sleep, residue, sleep, counterpoise, equilibrium, remnant, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, oddment, balance wheel, proportionality, eternal rest, respite

6. balancenoun

   the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

   Antonyms:
   imbalance, instability, unbalance

   Synonyms:
   remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, proportion, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, balance wheel, proportionality

7. Libra, Balancenoun

   (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra

   Antonyms:
   instability, imbalance, unbalance

   Synonyms:
   remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, proportion, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, balance wheel, proportionality

8. Libra, Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scalesnoun

   the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

   Antonyms:
   unbalance, instability, imbalance

   Synonyms:
   remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, proportion, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, balance wheel, proportionality

9. symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balancenoun

   (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

   Antonyms:
   unbalance, imbalance, instability

   Synonyms:
   proportionateness, remainder, counterbalance, equalizer, proportion, commensurateness, symmetry, residuum, equaliser, residual, isotropy, parallelism, rest, counterweight, residue, counterpoise, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, agreement, balance wheel, proportionality

10. counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equalisernoun

    a weight that balances another weight

    Antonyms:
    unbalance, imbalance, instability

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

11. balance wheel, balancenoun

    a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat

    Antonyms:
    instability, unbalance, imbalance

    Synonyms:
    remainder, counterweight, proportion, symmetry, equaliser, residual, counterpoise, residuum, rest, counterbalance, residue, balance wheel, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, equalizer, proportionality

12. balanceverb

    a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

    Antonyms:
    instability, unbalance, imbalance

    Synonyms:
    remainder, counterbalance, counterpoise, symmetry, equaliser, residual, equalizer, residuum, rest, counterweight, residue, proportion, equilibrium, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, balance wheel, proportionality

13. balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibriseverb

    bring into balance or equilibrium

    "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"

    Antonyms:
    instability, unbalance, imbalance

    Synonyms:
    equilibrize, poise, equilibrate, equilibrise

14. balanceverb

    compute credits and debits of an account

    Antonyms:
    instability, imbalance, unbalance

    Synonyms:
    equilibrize, poise, equilibrate, equilibrise

15. poise, balanceverb

    hold or carry in equilibrium

    Antonyms:
    imbalance, instability, unbalance

    Synonyms:
    equilibrize, brace, poise, equilibrate, equilibrise

16. balanceverb

    be in equilibrium

    "He was balancing on one foot"

    Antonyms:
    imbalance, instability, unbalance

    Synonyms:
    equilibrize, poise, equilibrate, equilibrise

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1. balancenoun

   Antonyms:
   preponderance, deficit, deficiency

   Synonyms:
   scales, equipoise, equilibrium, steadiness, surplus, excess, remainder, overplus, poise, equipoise, weighing, estimate

2. balanceverb

   Antonyms:
   unbalance, derange, preponderate

   Synonyms:
   poise, librate, equal, counterpoise, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, adjust, equalize, square

How to use balance in a sentence?

1. Ian Stewart:

   CFOs do not seem to be waiting for growth to slow before adjusting direction. There has been a marked shift to more defensive balance sheet strategies in the wake of the referendum.

2. Martin Gauss:

   As it is now, it will be a mixture of financed aircraft on the balance sheet and sale-and-leaseback, we will decide as we go along.

3. Anujeet Sareen:

   Across asset markets, optimism about growth is high and I think it’s appropriate, we see the dollar going lower because global growth will get better, the trade balance is deteriorating, and the Federal Reserve is going to keep its easy monetary policy.

4. Andrew Cole:

   We've got a strong balance sheet, we've got cash and we produce in Australian dollars, which for us means the copper price is flat, this gives us a competitive advantage sitting here looking out across the globe, with most other companies under pressure from over-leveraged balance sheets.

5. Frank Turner:

   This is in response to the Chinese government's prohibition of future investments and concerns that their debt levels are untenable, they're trying to protect their balance sheet.

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