Home › Words › C › counterarchcounterarchcounterarch means an arch built adjacent to another arch to oppose its forces or help to stabilize it.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, counterarch ranks #1,931 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom counter- + arch.nounAn arch built adjacent to another arch to oppose its forces or help to stabilize it.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.interarch 72% match — Between arches. vs counterarch →subarch 68% match — A secondary or subsidiary arch. vs counterarch →archstone 66% match — A stone forming part of an arch. vs counterarch →counterfort 65% match — A buttress built against a wall. vs counterarch →archwise 65% match — In the shape of an arch. vs counterarch →arching 64% match — Hogging, as opposed to sagging. vs counterarch →overarch 64% match — To form an arch over something. vs counterarch →archwork 64% match — The composition or structure of an arch. vs counterarch →