| Main Entry: | get back at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | settle a score |
Synonyms: |
be avenged, get even, pay back, retaliate, revenge, take vengeance |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reply, react |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, answer back, argue, back at you, back talk, be in touch, claim, comeback, contest, counterclaim, defend, deny, disprove, dispute, echo, explain, feedback, field the question, get back at, get back to, give a snappy comeback, parry, plead, rebut, refute, rejoin, remark, resolve, respond, retaliate, retort, return, sass, say, settle, shoot back, solve, squelch, talk back, top* |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
Antonyms: |
ask, question |
| Main Entry: | avenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retaliate |
Synonyms: |
chasten, chastise, come back at, even the score, get back at, get even, payback, punish, redress, repay, requite, retribute, revenge, stick it to, take satisfaction, take vengeance, venge, vindicate |
| Main Entry: | get even |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to get revenge |
Synonyms: |
even the score, get back at, get square, settle the score |
| Main Entry: | react |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | respond; conduct oneself |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, act, answer, answer back, backfire, be affected, behave, boomerang, bounce back, counter, echo, feel, function, get back at, give a snappy comeback, give back, have a funny feeling, have vibes, operate, perform, proceed, rebound, reciprocate, recoil, recur, reply, return, revert, take, talk back, turn back, work |
| Main Entry: | rebut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue against; prove wrong |
Synonyms: |
break, come back at, confound, confute, controvert, cross, defeat, deny, disconfirm, disprove, evert, fend off, get back at, hold off, invalidate, keep off, negate, negative, overturn, prove false, quash, refute, repel, repulse, stave off, take on, top, ward off |
Antonyms: |
agree, approve, back down, concede |
| Main Entry: | repay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get even; obtain restitution for past injustice |
Synonyms: |
avenge, even the score, get back at, get revenge, make reprisal, pay back, reciprocate, requite, retaliate, return, return the compliment, revenge, settle the score, square accounts |
Antonyms: |
leave alone |
| Main Entry: | retaliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get even with someone |
Synonyms: |
even the score, exact retribution, get, get back at, give and take, make reprisal, pay, pay back, reciprocate, recompense, repay, requite, retrospect, return, return the compliment, revenge, revive, settle, square accounts, strike back, take an eye for an eye, take revenge, turn the tables on, turn upon, wreak vengeance |
Antonyms: |
forgive, pardon, sympathize |
| Main Entry: | revenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retaliate for wrong, grievance |
Synonyms: |
avenge, be out for blood, defend, even the score, fight back, fix, fix one's wagon, get, get back at, get even, give comeuppance, give just desserts, hit back, justify, kick back, make reprisal, match, pay back, pay back in spades, pay off, punish, reciprocate, redress, repay, requite, retort, return, return the compliment, score, settle up, settle with, square, stick it to, take an eye for an eye, turn the tables on, venge, vindicate |
Antonyms: |
forgive, pardon, sympathize |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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