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Synonyms for ballast
ˈbæl əstbal·last

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. ballastnoun

    any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship

    Synonyms:
    light ballast, ballast resistor, barretter

  2. ballastnoun

    coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads

    Synonyms:
    light ballast, ballast resistor, barretter

  3. ballastnoun

    an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings

    Synonyms:
    light ballast, ballast resistor, barretter

  4. ballast resistor, ballast, barretternoun

    a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)

    Synonyms:
    light ballast, ballast resistor, barretter

  5. ballast, light ballastverb

    an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps

    Synonyms:
    light ballast, ballast resistor, barretter

  6. ballastverb

    make steady with a ballast

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ballastnoun

    Synonyms:
    weight (for steadiness), ballasting

  2. ballastnoun

    Synonyms:
    prudence, discretion, judgment, sense, wisdom, TACT, GUMPTION, common sense

  3. ballastverb

    Synonyms:
    put ballast into

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.3 / 3 votes

  1. ballastnoun

    Synonyms:
    steadiness, self-control, equipoise, stability, judgment

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "ballast":

    ballasts, ballasting, lastra

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD1.3 / 4 votes

  1. ballast

    Synonyms:
    See Isomeric ballast

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How to use ballast in a sentence?

  1. Brett Redman:

    The built sites provide ballast and cashflow, it becomes real at the very beginning and that turns this from an announcement in to a genuine fund with genuine cash.

  2. William Penn:

    Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

  3. Eddy Vataru:

    It's common for folks to look at bonds as a ballast at times when stocks aren't doing as well, for the average investor, fixed income can serve an important function.

  4. Minna Antrim:

    Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.

  5. Henry David Thoreau:

    Must be out-of-doors enough to get experience of wholesome reality, as a ballast to thought and sentiment. Health requires this relaxation, this aimless life


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