counterpassword

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A form of counter-password — The response to a password, which identities the person to whom the password is given as the correct contact.

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Meanings

nouncounterpassword (plural counterpasswords)

plural counterpasswords

  1. alternativeAlternative form of counter-password.

    Corporal Humphrey told them the password and counterpassword for the night.

    2000, Louis A. Cavagnaro, Dark Sunrise WW II, →ISBN
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    There's no other way he could've known not only the address of the safe house, but also the surveillance posts. Also, they knew they needed to get a second counterpassword from Grace

    2008, Jessica Andersen, Twin Targets, →ISBN, page 127

    They responded with the same counterpassword that they had been given prior to leaving Puebla.

    2016, Miguel Ángel Chiriápa, Immigrantology: Life and Its Dramas, →ISBN
Cite this entry
APA

counterpassword. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterpassword

MLA

“counterpassword.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterpassword. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterpassword,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterpassword.

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