| Main Entry: | reciprocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange, alternate; equal |
Synonyms: |
barter, be equivalent, correspond, feel in return, interchange, make up for, match, pay one's dues, recompense, render, repay, reply, requite, respond, retaliate, retort, return, return the compliment, scratch one's back, serve out, share, square, swap, swing, tit for tat, trade, vacillate |
Antonyms: |
deny, refuse |
| Main Entry: | correspond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree, complement |
Synonyms: |
accord, amount, approach, assimilate, be consistent, be identical to, be similar to, coincide, compare, conform, correlate, dovetail, equal, fit, harmonize, lip sync, match, partake of, reciprocate, resemble, rival, square, tally, touch |
Antonyms: |
differ, disagree |
| Main Entry: | exchange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trade |
Synonyms: |
alternate, bandy, bargain, barter, buy and sell, cash in, castle, change, change hands, commute, contact with, convert into, correspond, deal in, displace, flip-flop, give and take, go over to, hook up, horse trade, interchange, invert, link up, market, network, pass to, pay back, rearrange, reciprocate, replace, return the compliment, reverse, revise, seesaw, shift, shuffle, shuttle, substitute, swap, swap horses, switch, traffic, transact, transfer, transpose, truck, turn the tables |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | interchange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | switch, exchange |
Synonyms: |
alternate, bandy, barter, commute, connect, contact, convert, interact, interface, mesh, network, reciprocate, relate, reverse, substitute, swap, trade, transpose |
| Main Entry: | pay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get revenge |
Synonyms: |
avenge oneself, get even, make up for, pay back, pay one's dues, punish, reciprocate, recompense, repay, requite, retaliate, settle a score, square, square things |
| 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: | recompense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay back, make restitution |
Synonyms: |
ante up, atone, atone for, balance, comp, compensate, cough up, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, do business, equalize, expiate, fix, give satisfaction, grease, indemnify, make amends, make good, make up for, offset, overcompensate, pay, pay for, propitiate, put out, reciprocate, recoup, recover, redress, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, retaliate, retrieve, return, reward, satisfy, spring for, square*, sweeten the pot, swing for, take care of |
| 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: | repeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate, do again |
Synonyms: |
chime, come again, din, ditto*, drum into, echo, go over again, hold over, imitate, ingeminate, iterate, make like, occur again, play back, play over, quote, read back, reappear, recapitulate, recast, reciprocate, recite, reconstruct, recrudesce, recur, redo, refashion, reform, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, remake, renew, reoccur, replay, reprise, reproduce, rerun, resay, reshow, restate, retell, return, revert, revolve, rework, run over, sing same old song |
| Main Entry: | reply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | answer |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, be in touch, come back, counter, echo, feedback, field the question, get back to, react, reciprocate, rejoin, respond, retaliate, retort, return, riposte, shoot back, squelch, top*, 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 |