adj. being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; -- opposite of unbalanced. the carefully balanced seesawa properly balanced symphony orchestraa balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural historya balanced blend of whiskeysthe educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers [ Narrower terms: counterbalanced, counter-balanced, counterpoised; well-balanced; poised ] [ Related terms: stable --- (maintaining equilibrium) ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]