countermove

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: coun=ter=move

CIDE DICTIONARY

countermove, v. t. & i. 

 To move in a contrary direction to.  [1913 Webster]

countermove, n. 

 A movement in opposition to another.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

countermove, n. & v.
--n. a move or action in opposition to another.
--v.intr. make a countermove.

Derivative

countermovement n.

THESAURUS

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