balance of powernoun [ S ]
uk/ˌbæl.əns əv ˈpaʊər/us/ˌbæl.əns əv ˈpaʊ.ɚ/a position in which both or all of the groups or people involved, usually in a political situation, have equal power:
Both countries have a vested interest in maintaining the balance of power.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Balance and imbalance
- accord
- accord with sth
- align
- alignment
- balance (sth) out/up
- balanced
- compatible
- harmonize
- harmony
- imbalance
- jar
- jarring
- offset
- on an even keel idiom
- one man's loss is another man's gain idiom
- realign
- square (sth) with sth
- strike a balance idiom
- symmetry
- wash
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Idiom(s)
hold the balance of power