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counteractant

counteractant noun: anything that serves to counteract something else.

Noun

counteractant (plural counteractants)

  1. Anything that serves to counteract something else.

Forms of counteractant

pluralcounteractants

Origin of counteractant

From counteract + -ant.

Questions about counteractant

What does counteractant mean?
Counteractant means anything that serves to counteract something else.
What part of speech is counteractant?
Counteractant is a noun.
What is the plural of counteractant?
The plural of counteractant is counteractants.

Words near counteractant in the dictionary

  1. counteraccuse
  2. counteraccused
  3. counteraccuses
  4. counteraccusing
  5. counteract
  6. counteractant
  7. counteractants
  8. counteracted
  9. counteracter
  10. counteracters
  11. counteracting

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