balance

/bˈæləns/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. bring into balance or equilibrium
   “She has to balance work and her domestic duties”
2. compute credits and debits of an account
3. hold or carry in equilibrium
4. be in equilibrium
   “He was balancing on one foot”

noun

1. a state of equilibrium
2. equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
3. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)- John Ruskin
   “in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance”
4. equality of distribution
5. something left after other parts have been taken away
   “there was no remainder”
6. the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
7. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
8. the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22
9. (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
10. a weight that balances another weight
11. 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
12. a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

Synonyms for balance

• equilibrate
• equilibrize
• equilibrise
• poise
• proportion
• proportionality
• equilibrium
• equipoise
• counterbalance
• remainder
• residual
• residue
• residuum
• rest
• Libra
• Libra the Balance
• Libra the Scales
• symmetry
• symmetricalness
• correspondence
• counterweight
• counterpoise
• equalizer
• equaliser
• balance wheel

Antonyms of balance

• unbalance
• imbalance

Words that rhyme with balance

• counterbalance
• unbalance
• imbalance
• palance
• vallance