English noun: balance | |||
1. | balance (state) a state of equilibrium | ||
Broader (hypernym) | equilibrium | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | electrolyte balance, nitrogen balance, tension | ||
Antonyms | imbalance, unbalance, instability | ||
2. | balance (possession) equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account | ||
Broader (hypernym) | equality | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | trial balance | ||
Part meronym | account, account statement, accounting | ||
3. | balance (attribute) harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design) | ||
Samples | In all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance. | ||
Synonyms | proportion, proportionality | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arrangement, placement | ||
4. | balance (shape) equality of distribution | ||
Synonyms | counterbalance, equilibrium, equipoise | ||
Broader (hypernym) | construction, structure | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | conformation, proportion, symmetry | ||
5. | balance something left after other parts have been taken away | ||
Samples | There was no remainder. He threw away the rest. He took what he wanted and I got the balance. | ||
Synonyms | remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest | ||
Broader (hypernym) | component, component part, constituent, part, portion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | leftover, remnant | ||
6. | balance (possession) the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account | ||
Broader (hypernym) | difference, remainder | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | balance of trade, carry-forward, carry-over, compensating balance, invisible balance, offsetting balance, trade balance, trade gap, visible balance | ||
7. | Balance (person) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra | ||
Synonyms | Libra | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
Domain category | astrology, star divination | ||
8. | Balance (location) the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22 | ||
Synonyms | Libra, Libra the Balance, Libra the Scales | ||
Instance hypernym | house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign | ||
9. | balance (attribute) (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane | ||
Synonyms | correspondence, symmetricalness, symmetry | ||
Broader (hypernym) | spatial property, spatiality | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bilateral symmetry, bilateralism, bilaterality, geometrical regularity, radial symmetry, regularity | ||
Domain category | math, mathematics, maths | ||
Antonyms | asymmetry, dissymmetry, imbalance | ||
10. | balance (artifact) a weight that balances another weight | ||
Synonyms | counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer | ||
Broader (hypernym) | weight | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | sash weight, tare | ||
11. | balance (artifact) 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 | ||
Synonyms | balance wheel | ||
Broader (hypernym) | wheel | ||
Part meronym | horologe, timekeeper, timepiece | ||
12. | balance (artifact) a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | scale, weighing machine | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | beam balance, beam scale, electronic balance, lever scale, microbalance, spring balance, spring scale, steelyard | ||
English verb: balance | |||
1. | balance (stative) bring into balance or equilibrium | ||
Samples | She has to balance work and her domestic duties. Balance the two weights. | ||
Synonyms | equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fit, match | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cancel, compensate, complement, correct, counterbalance, countervail, even off, even out, even up, make up, offset, offset, set off, trim | ||
Verb group | balance, balance, poise | ||
Antonyms | unbalance | ||
2. | balance (possession) compute credits and debits of an account | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | account, calculate | ||
3. | balance (contact) hold or carry in equilibrium | ||
Synonyms | poise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bear, carry, hold | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | juggle | ||
Verb group | balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize | ||
4. | balance (stative) be in equilibrium | ||
Samples | He was balancing on one foot. | ||
Examples | The children balance in the rocking chair, There balance some children in the rocking chair | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
Verb group | balance, equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize | ||