About and Counter

About

About adverb - Toward the opposite direction.
Usage example: turned about and saw the dog following him

Counter and about are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Counter" instead an adverb "About".

Counter

Counter adverb - In the opposite direction.

About and counter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "About" instead an adverb "Counter".

Mutual synonyms

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