Synonyms for react
riˈæktre·act

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.3 / 4 votes

1. react

   Synonyms:
   recoil, result, counteract, rebound

   Antonyms:
   act, influence, strike, impress

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. react, respondverb

   show a response or a reaction to something

   Synonyms:
   respond, reply, oppose, answer

2. react, opposeverb

   act against or in opposition to

   "She reacts negatively to everything I say"

   Synonyms:
   respond, oppose, counterbalance, defend, pit, fight, fight back, play off, contradict, match, fight down, controvert

3. reactverb

   undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions

   "The hydrogen and the oxygen react"

   Synonyms:
   respond, oppose

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Change State
   • Chemistry

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. responding variable

   when something responds it reacts

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. reactverb

   Synonyms:
   repeat, re-enact, perform again, act again

2. reactverb

   Synonyms:
   recoil, rebound, fly back, spring back

3. reactverb

   Synonyms:
   act reciprocally

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. reactverb

   Synonyms:
   repeat, resist, oppose, rebound, recoil

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "react":

   respond, responding, cross-react

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. REACT

   Synonyms:
   Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment

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1. Malika Andrews:

   Today, the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half-century, no longer exists. In less than 24 hours, we celebrated equal rights for women, and now we react to women’s reproductive rights being taken away.

2. Bob Dorfman:

   You may have to over-react, you may even have to fire people that may not necessarily need to be fired, either way I think you have to take maybe a little more of an extreme viewpoint or extreme action in these kinds of cases just to set an example and make sure it doesn't happen again.

3. Elizabeth Bowen:

   Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms.

4. Leonardo Barreto:

   Today's protests give legitimacy to this process, if the government fails to react, the impeachment process will move faster.

5. Myron Cohen:

   The reason why the person who's had Covid and boosted still wants to use common sense is because we don't understand yet what other variants will be out there and how they will react to them.