The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

--v. 2 embed, frame, style, express, phrase: Her warning was
couched in friendly words.
council n. 1 assembly, meeting, conclave, conference, synod,
consistory, convention, congress, congregation, gathering,
convocation, US caucus: The council voted to ban nuclear arms.
2 board, ministry, directors, cabinet, panel, committee, body,
directorate, directory, caucus: She was elected to the council
last year.
counsel n. 1 advice, judgement, direction, opinion, guidance,
instruction, recommendation, exhortation, Technical par‘nesis:
Your counsel has always been wise in the past. 2 consultation,
discussion, deliberation, consideration: We took counsel with
the cabinet on the matter. 3 adviser or advisor, guide,
counsellor; lawyer, Brit barrister; US attorney: My counsel
suggests we settle out of court.
--v. 4 advise, recommend to, suggest to, instruct; guide: I
have counselled her to pursue the matter.
counsellor
n. adviser or advisor, counsel, lawyer, Brit counsellor-at-law,
barrister, US counselor, counselor-at-law, attorney: We have
retained Vestley and Stock as our counsellors.
count v. 1 count up or off, enumerate, number, calculate, add up,
total, reckon, compute, tally, figure up, quantify, Colloq
figure out: Maddie counted the number of pencils in the box. 2
include, consider, regard, deem, judge, look on or upon: You
can count me among those who favour the idea. 3 count on or
upon. rely on or upon, depend on or upon, be sure of, trust,
bank on, be confident of, Chiefly Brit or US dialect reckon on
or upon, Chiefly US figure on or upon: I knew I could count on
Moira to do the right thing.
counter n. 1 token, disc, chip, piece, marker: She placed three
counters on the number 14. 2 table, bar: We do not serve beer
at this counter.
counteract
v. counterbalance, neutralize, correct, annul, nullify, cancel,
oppose, mitigate: The coffee counteracted the effect of the