EQUIPOISED Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

equipoised

verb

past tense of equipoise

as in balanced

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disequilibrated

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Verb

Often, Shawn would stand in the doorway of his bedroom and watch the stranger eat off a tray balanced on his lap, arranging each mouthful of food on his spoon with great deliberation before bringing it to his mouth.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
He was balanced atop an uneven band of rocks jutting into the Columbia River around sunrise.

— Ishani Desai, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of balanced

Verb

The commission voted 7-1 to direct County Attorney Tyrone Wade to look into whether any laws or policies were broken during the consent agenda vote and whether any policies should be adjusted to prevent similar situations in the future.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
Both figures were adjusted to represent full-time equivalent student and employee numbers.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of adjusted

Verb

Gonçalo Ramos, who has taken the 41-year-old forward’s place, set up João Cancelo’s opener, then responded with Portugal’s second goal two minutes after Mikkel Damsgaard equalized in the 23rd.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026
Montreal equalized at the 37-minute mark on a goal by Fabian Herbers.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of equalized

Verb

The character is a type-A perfect student who never has a single hair out of place — a way of being that Gerber has stepped into after years in the fashion industry where perfection is often equated with sublime beauty.

— Michel Ghanem, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
And even when cannabis was prohibited, neither sentencing guidelines nor the public equated its dangers with crack.

— Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of equated

Verb

Barajas said the youth featured were not compensated for their interviews.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Higher prices degrade investments over time, and bondholders want to ensure they’re compensated for the effects of higher gas and diesel prices on their investments.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of compensated

Verb

Of course, drug development is high risk, with the potential for big returns counterbalanced by the products and companies that flop.

— Avalon Pernell, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Gaines assured weepy parents that those feelings are counterbalanced by watching your children thrive.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of counterbalanced

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