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counterwords

counterwords is the plural of counterword.

Meaning of counterword

Noun

counterword (plural counterwords)

  1. A word (for example so) that is frequently used in a reflex-like manner in an answer and that has thereby quickly taken on a new, much less specific or much looser meaning or is even almost meaningless and performs a completely new function.
  2. Such a word (or a word that has gone through a similar change) when not used as a reflex-like answer.

Questions about counterwords

What is counterwords the plural of?
Counterwords is the plural of counterword.

Words near counterwords in the dictionary

  1. counterwitnesses
  2. counterwitnessing
  3. counterwoman
  4. counterwomen
  5. counterword
  6. counterwords
  7. counterwork
  8. counterworked
  9. counterworker
  10. counterworkers
  11. counterworking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counterwords (page history and authors); counterword (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.

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