| Counterclaim (n.) A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him. Thesaurus Entries confutation, confute, contraremonstrance, counteraccusation, counterblast, countercharge, counterdemand, counterreply, counterstatement, defense, make a rebuttal, rebut, rebuttal, rebutter, refutation, refute, rejoin, rejoinder, replication, surrebut, surrebuttal, surrebutter, surrejoin, surrejoinder |