Word.ws English Dictionary

counterstep

counterstep noun: a measure taken to correct an action or situation; movement in the opposite direction.

Noun

counterstep (plural countersteps)

  1. A measure taken to correct an action or situation; movement in the opposite direction.
  2. The movement of dancers around a central point.

Verb

counterstep (third-person singular simple present countersteps, present participle counterstepping, simple past and past participle counterstepped)

  1. To take an opposing step, as in dancing.

Forms of counterstep

Noun
pluralcountersteps
Verb
third-person singular presentcountersteps
present participlecounterstepping
past participlecounterstepped
pastcounterstepped

Origin of counterstep

From counter- + step.

Questions about counterstep

What does counterstep mean?
Counterstep means a measure taken to correct an action or situation; movement in the opposite direction.
What part of speech is counterstep?
Counterstep can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of counterstep?
The plural of counterstep is countersteps.

Words near counterstep in the dictionary

  1. counterstealth
  2. countersteer
  3. countersteered
  4. countersteering
  5. countersteers
  6. counterstep
  7. counterstepped
  8. counterstepping
  9. countersteps
  10. counterstereotype
  11. counterstereotyped

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: counterstep (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “counterstep.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/counterstep. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.