Home › Words › C › counterwavecounterwavecounterwave means A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.EtymologyFrom counter- + wave.nounA wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.e.g.“Just as the message has apparently been heard, it has encountered a counterwave of books arguing that religion is totally unfit, not merely for public life, but for personal life as well.” — 2008 February 16, Peter Steinfels, “Religious Right May Be Fading, but Not the ‘Culture Wars’”, 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.counterwavy 71% match — Wavy, with the waves (of different lines) opposed instead of parallel. vs counterwave →countertide 68% match — A contrary tide. vs counterwave →countersurge 68% match — A surge opposing an earlier surge. vs counterwave →countersway 67% match — A swaying in a contrary direction, or an opposing influence. vs counterwave →counterimpulse 65% match — An impulse that runs counter to another impulse. vs counterwave →countercurrent 64% match — A current that flows against the prevailing one. vs counterwave →counterwind 64% match — A wind that blows in the opposite direction to another. vs counterwave →counteropinion 63% match — An opinion that is different from or opposite to a previous opinion. vs counterwave →