From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Countermove \Coun'ter*move"\ (koun't?r-m??v"), verb (used with an object) & i. To move in a contrary direction to.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Countermove \Coun"ter*move'\ (-m??v'), noun Countermovement \Coun"ter*move'ment\ (-ment). A movement in opposition to another.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc. [syn: {counterattack}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "countermove": action, ad hoc measure, answer, artifice, contrivance, coup, course of action, demarche, device, dodge, effort, expedient, gimmick, improvisation, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, last expedient, last resort, last shift, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, move, pis aller, resort, resource, shake-up, shift, solution, step, stopgap, stratagem, stroke, stroke of policy, tactic, temporary expedient, trick, trump, working hypothesis, working proposition
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