Synonyms for balance

Noun

1. balance, equilibrium

usage: a state of equilibrium

2. balance, scale, weighing machine

usage: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

3. balance, equality

usage: equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

4. proportion, balance, placement, arrangement

usage: harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin

5. balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance, structure, construction

usage: equality of distribution

6. remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest, part, portion, component part, component

usage: something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"

7. balance, remainder, difference

usage: the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

8. Libra, Balance, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul

usage: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Libra

9. Libra, Libra the Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales, sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house

usage: the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

10. symmetry, symmetricalness, correspondence, balance, spatial property, spatiality

usage: (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact correspondence of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

11. counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser, weight

usage: an equivalent counterbalancing weight

12. balance wheel, balance, wheel

usage: 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

Verb

1. balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise, match, fit

usage: bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"

2. balance, account, calculate

usage: compute credits and debits of an account

3. poise, balance, hold, carry, bear

usage: hold or carry in equilibrium

4. balance, be

usage: be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"