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| Main Entry: | react |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | respond; conduct oneself |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, act, answer, backfire, behave, boomerang*, bounce back*, counter, echo, feel, function, get back at, operate, perform, proceed, rebound, reciprocate, recoil, recur, reply, return, revert, take, work, answer back, be affected, give a snappy comeback, give back, have a funny feeling, have vibes, talk back, turn back |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boomerang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | backfire |
| Synonyms: | backlash, bounce back, come back, kick back, react, rebound, recoil, return, reverse, ricochet, come home to roost |
| Antonyms: | work |
| Main Entry: | echo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat, copy |
| Synonyms: | ape, ditto*, imitate, impersonate, mimic, mirror, parallel, parrot, react, recall, redouble, reflect, reiterate, reproduce, resemble, resound, respond, reverberate, ring, second, vibrate, do like, go like, make like, rubber-stamp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | function |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform, work |
| Synonyms: | act, act the part, be in action, be in commission, be in operation, be running, behave, cook, do, do duty, do one's thing, get with it, go, go to town, move, officialize, officiate, operate, percolate*, react, run, serve, take, take care of business |
| Antonyms: | idle, malfunction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shrink away |
| Synonyms: | backfire, balk, blanch, blink, carom, cringe, demur, dodge, draw back, duck, falter, flinch, hesitate, jerk, kick, quail, quake, react, rebound, reel, shake, shirk, shrink, shudder, spring, start, stick, swerve, tremble, waver, wince, withdraw, blench, pull back, resile, shy away, step back, stickle, turn away |
| Antonyms: | face, meet |
| Main Entry: | reply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, come back*, counter, echo, feedback, react, reciprocate, rejoin, respond, retaliate, retort, return, riposte, squelch*, top*, be in touch, field the question, get back to, shoot back, write back |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question reply is generally used when the answer is understood to be verbal - either written or oral; response, by contrast, has a more general application and may be used for a variety of reactions respond suggests a quick reaction while reply implies a return commensurate with the original demand or question |
| Antonyms: | question, request |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | respond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act in answer to something |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, answer, behave, come back, come in, counter, feedback, react, reciprocate, rejoin, reply, retort, return, act in response, answer back, be in touch with, come back at, feel for, field the question, get back to, get in touch, talk back |
| Antonyms: | ask, question, request |
| Main Entry: | reverberate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vibrate in sound |
| Synonyms: | echo, react, rebound, recoil, redound, resound, ring, reecho |
| Antonyms: | quieten |
| Main Entry: | revert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | return to an earlier, less-developed condition |
| Synonyms: | about-face*, backslide, change, come back, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, flip-flop*, go back, inverse, invert, lapse, react, recur, regress, relapse, resume, retrograde, retrogress, return, transpose, turn, fall off the wagon, hark back, recrudesce, take up where left off, throw back, turn back |
| Antonyms: | develop, grow, progress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | behave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | function |
| Synonyms: | act, operate, perform, react, run, take, work |
| Main Entry: | operate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform, function |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, act on, advance, behave, bend, benefit, bring about, burn, carry on, click*, compel, complete, concern, conduct, contact, contrive, convey, cook*, determine, direct, do, enforce, engage, exert, finish, fulfill, go, hit*, hum, influence, keep, lift, move, ordain, percolate, proceed, produce, progress, promote, react, revolve, roll, run, serve, spin, take, tick, transport, turn, work, be in action, get results, produce a result |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, act, behave, bring about, bring off, complete, comply, discharge, dispose of, do, effect, end, enforce, execute, finish, fulfill, function, implement, meet, move, observe, operate, percolate, perk, pull off*, react, realize, satisfy, take, tick, transact, wind up, work, be engaged in, carry through, carry to completion, deliver the goods, do justice to, do to a turn, go that route, put through, run with the ball, take care of business |
| Antonyms: | fail, halt, prevent, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | return |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go back, turn back |
| Synonyms: | back up, bounce back, come back, double back, react, reappear, rebound, recoil, reconsider, recur, reexamine, repair, repeat, retire, retreat, revert, revisit, revolve, rotate, turn, circle back, come again, go again, hark back to, move back, recrudesce, reel back, reenter, reoccur, retrace steps |
| Antonyms: | depart, leave |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | behave in a certain way |
| Synonyms: | appear, behave, carry, carry out, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, go about, operate, perform, react, seem, serve, strike, take on, carry oneself, comport, give the appearance, impress as, play part, represent oneself |
| Main Entry: | return |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back, send back |
| Synonyms: | bestow, convey, give, make restitution, react, rebate, reciprocate, recompense, reestablish, refund, reimburse, reinstate, remit, render, repay, replace, requite, restore, retaliate, send, take back, transmit, carry back, hand back, pay back, put back, reinsert, reseat, restitute, roll back, thrust back, toss back |
| Antonyms: | keep, take |
| Main Entry: | work |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manipulate, operate |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, behave, bring about, carry out, cause, contrive, control, create, direct, drive, effect, execute, force, function, go, handle, implement, manage, maneuver, move, perform, ply, progress, react, run, serve, take, tick, use, wield |
| Main Entry: | acknowledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally recognize receipt of something |
| Synonyms: | address, answer, greet, hail, notice, react, remark, reply, respond, return, salute, thank |
| Antonyms: | disregard, ignore |
| Main Entry: | take |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accept, adopt; use |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, admit, appropriate, assume, behave, bring, delight in, do, effect, enjoy, enter upon, execute, exercise, exert, experience, function, have, include, like, make, observe, operate, perform, play, practice, react, receive, relish, sense, serve, take in, treat, undertake, utilize, welcome, work, be aware of, deal with, give access, let in, luxuriate in, put in practice |
| Antonyms: | disallow, refuse, reject |
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