Usually means: Acting against or neutralizing something.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word counteractive:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. counteractive: Merriam-Webster
  2. counteractive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. counteractive: Collins English Dictionary
  4. counteractive: Vocabulary.com
  5. counteractive: Wordnik
  6. counteractive: Wiktionary
  7. Counteractive, counteractive: Dictionary.com
  8. Counteractive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. counteractive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. counteractive: Rhymezone
  11. Counteractive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. counteractive: FreeDictionary.org
  13. counteractive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Counteractive: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. counteractive: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. counteractive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  That counteracts

Similar:
countervailing, opposing, compensative, offsetting, anti, ant, antidotal, antiphlogistic, antacid, counteradhesive, more...

Opposite:
complementary, supportive, reinforcing, synergistic

Types:
antibiotic, antiviral, antiparasitic, antifungal, antiprotozoal, anthelmintic, more...

Adjectives:
great, effectual, best, salutary, powerful, general, moral, same, valuable, only, main

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Similar:
countervailing, opposing, compensative, offsetting, anti, ant, antidotal, antiphlogistic, antacid, counteradhesive, more...

Opposite:
complementary, supportive, reinforcing, synergistic

Types:
antibiotic, antiviral, antiparasitic, antifungal, antiprotozoal, anthelmintic, more...

Adjectives:
great, effectual, best, salutary, powerful, general, moral, same, valuable, only, main



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