Definition for Backlash:

• an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; " there was a backlash of intolerance"

Synonyms for Backlash:

• n.

  •
  • fury,
  • asperity,
  • irritation,
  • temper,
  • outrage,
  • anger,
  • annoyance,
  • resentment,
  • mood,
  • rage.
  •act (noun)
  • backlash.
  •adverse reaction (noun)
  • response,
  • tangle,
  • retaliation,
  • counteraction,
  • Retroaction,
  • kickback,
  • resistance.
  •backlash (noun)
  • reprisal.
  •effect (noun)
  • pursuance,
  • resultant,
  • follow-up,
  • flak,
  • followup,
  • follow-ups,
  • causatum,
  • aftereffect,
  • followups,
  • sequent,
  • spin off,
  • materialization,
  • After-math,
  • spin-off,
  • reflexes,
  • follow up.
  •event (noun)
  • rebound.
  •reaction (noun)
  • counter poise,
  • counter balance,
  • counter poises,
  • re-torts,
  • kneejerk,
  • kneejerks,
  • counterrevolutions,
  • counter revolution,
  • re joinder,
  • re actions,
  • counter-poises,
  • re torts,
  • doubletake,
  • re lapses,
  • re-lapses,
  • knee-jerks,
  • re-agency,
  • re-agencies,
  • counter balances,
  • re treats,
  • toryisms,
  • re action,
  • re-flections,
  • re-action,
  • obscurantisms,
  • re-lapse,
  • re tort,
  • counter revolutions,
  • counter-revolutions,
  • re agency,
  • re-joinders,
  • reagencies,
  • re flections,
  • re-actions,
  • counter-actions,
  • counter action,
  • counter actions,
  • re agencies,
  • re-joinder,
  • re lapse,
  • counter-poise,
  • re-tort,
  • doubletakes,
  • re-treat,
  • double-takes,
  • re flection,
  • counter-action,
  • re joinders,
  • re-flection,
  • re-treats.
  •recoil (noun)
  • ricochet,
  • rebuff.
  •repercussion (noun)
  • re echo,
  • followthrough,
  • re echoes,
  • re-percussions,
  • re-percussion,
  • re percussions,
  • follow-throughs,
  • re percussion,
  • followthroughs.

• v.

  •backfire (verb)
  • mis-carrying,
  • re coil,
  • re-coil,
  • dis-appoint,
  • mis carry,
  • re bound,
  • sprang back,
  • dis-appointed,
  • re-bounding,
  • re bounding,
  • sprung back,
  • mis carrying,
  • dis-appointing,
  • re-coils,
  • dis appointed,
  • springs back,
  • re bounds,
  • re-bounds,
  • re-bound,
  • re coiling,
  • mis-carry,
  • re coils,
  • re-coiling,
  • re bounded,
  • dis appointing,
  • mis-carried,
  • dis-appoints,
  • re-bounded,
  • mis carried,
  • mis carries,
  • dis appoint,
  • re coiled,
  • dis appoints,
  • re-coiled,
  • mis-carries.
  •boomerang (verb)
  • re acted,
  • re versing,
  • comes home to roost,
  • re-turned,
  • re-turns,
  • comes home roost,
  • re turn,
  • re verse,
  • re-acting,
  • re-verse,
  • re turning,
  • re-versed,
  • re-turning,
  • come home roost,
  • Re-turn,
  • re-acted,
  • came home roost,
  • re turns,
  • coming home roost,
  • coming home to roost,
  • came home to roost,
  • re acting,
  • re-versing.
  •bounce (verb)
  • jerking and down,
  • resiles,
  • saltating,
  • glanced off,
  • jerks up down,
  • flying back,
  • jerked up down,
  • jerking up and down,
  • saltates,
  • jerking up down,
  • jerks and down,
  • jerked and down,
  • jerked up and down,
  • Resiling,
  • glances off,
  • jerked down,
  • snapped back,
  • flew back,
  • glancing off,
  • jerk and down,
  • Resiled,
  • flies back,
  • jerk down,
  • snaps back,
  • saltated,
  • jerking down,
  • jerks up and down,
  • jerks down,
  • jerk up down.

• Other synonyms:

  •consequence
  • result.

Paraphrases for Backlash:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rebound.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    resistance.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    response, opposition, revulsion, backspace, feedback.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    setback, reaction, aftershock, repercussion, backsliding, rollback, hostility, resentment, aftermath, overreaction.

Antonyms for Backlash:

• n.

  • adverse reaction
    question, cause.

Homophones for Backlash:

• beachlike, baseless, booklouse, backless, basic slag, boughless, backlog, bobsleigh, bacillaceae, basilisk, big league, basileus, boxlike, bicyclic, bush league, beaujolais, beakless, beef goulash, bugloss, bucolic, basiliscus, basilica, bifocals, bugology, bacillus, beaklike, bush-league, book louse.

Hypernym for Backlash:

• n.

  • act
    whitelash, white backlash.
  • event
    ricochet, bouncing, resilience, bounce, carom, resiliency.

Hyponym for Backlash:

• n.

  • act
    reaction.
  • event
    movement, motion.