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

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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

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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. Mila Kunis:

   He was huge because you couldn’t walk down the street with him, he always had this weird (attraction) ... fans just screamed — they didn’t know how to react. It wasn’t like a normal response to a celebrity. The fans responded in a very abnormal way to him.

2. Board Member Lawson-Muhammad:

   To my benefit, the officer did not react to my behavior. The officer kept an even tone in our interaction and performed his job well under the circumstances, i thank him for his patience.

3. Steve Scalise:

   It’s hard to speculate on rumors. But if something really formal happened from Justice, we would of course react and take action, there have been a few cases where members have had charges filed against them for various things and we’ve removed them from committees immediately.

4. 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.

5. Dale Carnegie:

   It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.