BALANCED
Dictionary entry overview: What does balanced mean?
• BALANCED (adjective)
The adjective BALANCED has 2 senses:
1. being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium
2. total debits and credits are equal
Familiarity information: BALANCED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BALANCED (adjective)
Meaning:
Being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium
Context examples:
the carefully balanced seesaw / a properly balanced symphony orchestra / a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history / a balanced blend of whiskeys / the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers
Similar:
counterbalanced; counterpoised (brought into equipoise by means of a weight or force that offsets another)
harmonious; proportionate; symmetrical (exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities)
poised (marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action)
self-balancing (of someone or something that balances himself or itself)
stable (maintaining equilibrium)
well-balanced (in an optimal state of balance or equilibrium)
Antonym:
unbalanced (being or thrown out of equilibrium)
Meaning:
Total debits and credits are equal
Context example:
the books looked balanced
Similar:
equal (well matched; having the same quantity, value, or measure as another)
Domain category:
accounting (a system that provides quantitative information about finances)
