noun an opposite point.
2. counterpoint ·noun music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. ·see polyphony.
3. counterpoint ·noun a coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. ·see 1st counterpane.
4. counterpoint ·noun the setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody.
5. counterpoint ·noun the art of polyphony, or composite melody, ·i.e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies.