Home › Words › C › counterquestioncounterquestioncounterquestion means A question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, counterquestion ranks #23,627 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom counter- + question.nounA question that serves as a reply to, or distraction from, another.e.g.“This leads to a counterquestion — why can’t M.L.B. be happy to initiate its channel with a combined guaranteed 30 million subscribers?” — 2007 March 9, Richard Sandomir, “Baseball Bends on TV Plan, but Doubts Linger”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.counterquery 74% match — A counterquestion. vs counterquestion →antiquery 70% match — A query made in reply to a query; a counterquestion. vs counterquestion →counteranswer 69% match — A counterreply. vs counterquestion →counterreply 61% match — A reply to a reply. vs counterquestion →counterresponse 61% match — A response to a response. vs counterquestion →counterremark 61% match — A remark made in opposition to another. vs counterquestion →counterdispute 59% match — A dispute opposing or responding to another dispute. vs counterquestion →counterchallenge 59% match — A challenge made in response to another challenge. vs counterquestion →