What is another word for retaliate?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹɪtˈalɪˌe͡ɪt], [ ɹɪtˈalɪˌeɪt], [ ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈa_l_ɪ__ˌeɪ_t]
Related words: retaliate against, retaliation, to retaliate, retaliate against terror, should countries retaliate
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Similar words for retaliate:
- avenge (noun)
- fight back (noun)
- get back (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- answer (verb)
- atone (verb)
- counter (verb)
- fight back/fight off (verb)
- get back at (verb)
- get even with someone (verb)
- pay (verb)
- reciprocate (verb)
- recompense (verb)
- repay (verb)
- reply (verb)
- requite (verb)
- retaliate (verb)
- retort (verb)
- return (verb)
- revenge (verb)
- other synonyms
- answer
- other relevant words
- pay
- recompense
- requite
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Retaliate:
n.
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- get/be even (with someone),
- respond in kind,
- get your own back,
- settle an (old) score (with someone).
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- attack,
- forgiveness.
- get.
v.
• answer (verb)- counter claimed,
- counter-claims,
- de-fend,
- art in touch,
- dis proving,
- gets back to,
- ex plains,
- getting back to,
- was in touch,
- giving a snappy comeback,
- de fends,
- backs you,
- dis prove,
- re solving,
- is in touch,
- got back to,
- re solves,
- talks back,
- re-butting,
- re solve,
- re-joining,
- is touch,
- shooting back,
- being touch,
- back talked,
- was touch,
- re join,
- counter-claiming,
- re-solved,
- de fend,
- counter claim,
- ex-plain,
- wert touch,
- backs at you,
- gives snappy comeback,
- answers back,
- fielded the question,
- ex-plains,
- re-solve,
- are in touch,
- ex plained,
- de fending,
- de-fended,
- fielding the question,
- re-joins,
- fielded question,
- fields the question,
- dis-proving,
- field question,
- answering back,
- re marking,
- re butted,
- re joining,
- dis-proved,
- counter claims,
- de-fends,
- gave a snappy comeback,
- re-marked,
- be touch,
- giving snappy comeback,
- back you,
- gat back to,
- gotten back to,
- re-joined,
- re joins,
- wast touch,
- re marks,
- re-marking,
- de fended,
- counter claiming,
- re-join,
- ex-plaining,
- shoots back,
- dis proved,
- re-solving,
- re-solves,
- re-butted,
- were in touch,
- being in touch,
- am touch,
- ex plaining,
- de-fending,
- wert in touch,
- shot back,
- re marked,
- fielding question,
- ex plain,
- feedbacked,
- are touch,
- wast in touch,
- gives a snappy comeback,
- were touch,
- fields question,
- ex-plained,
- talked back,
- backed you,
- dis-proves,
- comebacked,
- re-marks,
- feedbacking,
- re joined,
- re butting,
- dis-prove,
- comebacking,
- dis proves,
- art touch,
- give snappy comeback,
- counter-claimed,
- back talking,
- backed at you,
- gave snappy comeback,
- re mark,
- backing you,
- backing at you.
- counter-acted,
- Counter-work,
- counter acts,
- counter work,
- counterworked,
- counter-acts,
- flew in the face of,
- flying face of,
- dis-appoints,
- hast bone pick,
- having bone to pick,
- dis-appointing,
- flew in face of,
- hast bone to pick,
- hadst bone to pick,
- flew face of,
- flew the face of,
- fly the face of,
- flies in the face of,
- flying in face of,
- fly face of,
- flies in face of,
- dis appointed,
- dis appoints,
- counter-act,
- counterworks,
- counter-worked,
- has bone pick,
- counter acted,
- haddest bone to pick,
- counter-working,
- counter-acting,
- dis appointing,
- thumbses down,
- hadst bone pick,
- had bone pick,
- counter works,
- hits back,
- flying in the face of,
- thumbsed down,
- have bone pick,
- flying the face of,
- dis-appoint,
- flies the face of,
- haddest bone pick,
- backtalking,
- counter acting,
- counter working,
- dis appoint,
- plays off,
- hath bone to pick,
- counter worked,
- has bone to pick,
- playing off,
- hath bone pick,
- counter-works,
- had bone to pick,
- hitting back,
- counter act,
- flies face of,
- having bone pick,
- dis-appointed,
- backtalked,
- thumbsing down.
- holds at bay,
- re-strain,
- fended off,
- putting fight,
- puts up fight,
- re pressing,
- holding bay,
- puts fight,
- holding at bay,
- re strain,
- re press,
- re pulses,
- re-pulses,
- re pulsing,
- re strains,
- re-straining,
- beats off,
- re-presses,
- hold bay,
- keeping at bay,
- re-strains,
- re-strained,
- re-pressing,
- keep bay,
- re pulsed,
- re straining,
- re pressed,
- held at bay,
- keeps at bay,
- holds bay,
- putting up fight,
- re strained,
- re presses,
- keeping bay,
- re-pulsing,
- beating off,
- keeps bay,
- kept bay,
- put fight,
- re-pulsed,
- held bay.
- re-venged,
- wert avenged,
- re-venging,
- re venges,
- re-venges,
- taking vengeance,
- are avenged,
- takes vengeance,
- re venge,
- re-venge,
- pays back,
- were avenged,
- am avenged,
- art avenged,
- re venging,
- being avenged,
- was avenged,
- wast avenged,
- re venged,
- took vengeance,
- payed back,
- is avenged.
- retrospect,
- give and take,
- turn upon,
- revenge,
- wreak vengeance,
- take revenge,
- revive,
- take an eye for an eye,
- exact retribution,
- turn the tables on,
- strike back,
- settle.
- paid one dues,
- squared things,
- paid dues,
- paid ones dues,
- settle score,
- squares things,
- pay one dues,
- paying one dues,
- pays one dues,
- payed one dues,
- settled a score,
- settled score,
- pays one's dues,
- paying one's dues,
- pays dues,
- makes for,
- avenges oneself,
- payed dues,
- settles score,
- settles a score,
- avenged oneself,
- payed ones dues,
- paying dues,
- settling a score,
- paying ones dues,
- makes up for,
- pay ones dues,
- payed one's dues,
- settling score,
- pays ones dues,
- avenging oneself.
- feels return,
- returning compliment,
- inter-changes,
- feeling return,
- returned compliment,
- returned the compliment,
- scratching ones back,
- return compliment,
- feel return,
- returns compliment,
- scratching back,
- scratch ones back,
- titted for tat,
- returns the compliment,
- scratches one's back,
- inter changed,
- wast equivalent,
- scratches one back,
- scratched one's back,
- inter change,
- inter changing,
- being equivalent,
- feels in return,
- scratching one's back,
- felt in return,
- serving out,
- am equivalent,
- titting for tat,
- is equivalent,
- scratch back,
- felt return,
- inter-changing,
- scratching one back,
- was equivalent,
- were equivalent,
- serves out,
- returning the compliment,
- inter changes,
- are equivalent,
- scratches back,
- scratched back,
- tits for tat,
- scratched one back,
- wert equivalent,
- feeling in return,
- scratch one back,
- scratches ones back,
- scratched ones back.
- re-warding,
- counter-poise,
- counter balancing,
- re-coups,
- counter balances,
- anteing up,
- makes good,
- pays for,
- sweetening pot,
- over compensated,
- doeth business,
- re dressing,
- re-dressed,
- paying for,
- re dresses,
- counter poising,
- over-compensates,
- payed for,
- counter-poised,
- counter vailed,
- over compensating,
- does business,
- sweetens pot,
- comping,
- counter vailing,
- sprang for,
- gives satisfaction,
- counter-vail,
- re-coup,
- swings for,
- re warding,
- re coup,
- atones for,
- sprung for,
- counter poises,
- overcompensates,
- counter poised,
- antes up,
- re-covered,
- re warded,
- counter-vailing,
- counter-balanced,
- counter-vails,
- sweetening the pot,
- counter-balancing,
- re dress,
- anteed up,
- re-dressing,
- anted up,
- doth business,
- re covered,
- counter poise,
- sweetened the pot,
- re cover,
- doest business,
- sweetened pot,
- swang for,
- over compensate,
- gave satisfaction,
- springing for,
- over-compensated,
- counter vails,
- re-warded,
- dost business,
- coughs up,
- comped,
- re couped,
- re covering,
- re-couping,
- atoning for,
- didst business,
- re couping,
- counter vail,
- over compensates,
- sweeten pot,
- counter-poising,
- re-dresses,
- re coups,
- counter balanced,
- taking care of,
- springs for,
- over-compensate,
- sweetens the pot,
- swung for,
- swinging for,
- re-dress,
- re-couped,
- re-covers,
- over-compensating,
- re-covering,
- counter balance,
- counter-vailed,
- counter-poises.
- gat revenge,
- evened score,
- evened the score,
- evening score,
- making reprisal,
- squaring accounts,
- gets revenge,
- made reprisal,
- makes reprisal,
- re pays,
- settles the score,
- squares accounts,
- settling the score,
- squared accounts,
- re paying,
- evens score,
- getting revenge,
- re-paid,
- re-pay,
- re-paying,
- got revenge,
- re pay,
- re paid,
- gotten revenge,
- evens the score,
- settled the score,
- even score,
- evening the score,
- re-pays.
- re plied,
- re acting,
- re acted,
- re plying,
- writes back,
- writing back,
- re-plied,
- re-acted,
- writ back,
- re-plying.
- re deeming,
- paying off,
- re-deeming,
- re-quite,
- re deem,
- re-deem,
- payed off,
- re-deems,
- re quite,
- pays off,
- re deemed.
- coming back at,
- came back at,
- re tort,
- snaps back,
- comes back at,
- re-tort,
- re torts,
- re-torts,
- snapped back.
- putting back,
- re inserts,
- re instates,
- re-stored,
- handing back,
- re seat,
- re bate,
- re establish,
- re-seating,
- re inserted,
- re-turns,
- re-instate,
- tossing back,
- reinserts,
- re-seated,
- rolled back,
- be stow,
- be stowing,
- re bates,
- re turn,
- re funds,
- re insert,
- re-funding,
- be-stows,
- re-instating,
- reseats,
- tosses back,
- re-placed,
- tossed back,
- re-inserting,
- be-stowed,
- carried back,
- re-bated,
- re place,
- carrying back,
- re funding,
- re instating,
- re instated,
- re-seat,
- rolls back,
- re-seats,
- re seats,
- re bating,
- re seating,
- re-funds,
- handed back,
- re-bating,
- re-insert,
- re turns,
- re-turned,
- thrusts back,
- re-stores,
- carries back,
- re stored,
- re-fund,
- re instate,
- re-turning,
- thrusting back,
- re-places,
- re stores,
- re establishes,
- be stows,
- re-funded,
- re-instates,
- rolling back,
- re places,
- re-inserts,
- re store,
- be-stowing,
- be-stow,
- re-storing,
- re turned,
- re turning,
- Re-turn,
- re fund,
- be stowed,
- re placing,
- re placed,
- re seated,
- tost back,
- re storing,
- hands back,
- re-bate,
- re bated,
- re establishing,
- puts back,
- re-inserted,
- re established,
- re inserting,
- re funded.
Other synonyms:
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- fight back.
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- oppose.
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- get back.
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- HIT.
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- strike.
- counterclaims,
- talking back,
- talk back,
- Parried,
- echoes,
- get back to,
- back at you,
- answer back,
- reply,
- Responding,
- remark,
- shoot back,
- answered back,
- be in touch,
- Re-mark,
- counter-claim,
- field the question,
- give a snappy comeback,
- retort,
- counterclaiming,
- counterclaim,
- counterclaimed.
- reseat,
- restitute,
- even the score,
- recompense,
- hit back,
- come back at,
- play off,
- fly in face of,
- write back,
- get revenge,
- snap back,
- return,
- returning,
- Counterwork,
- reinserting,
- have bone to pick,
- snapping back,
- hand back,
- kept at bay,
- played off,
- reseating,
- rebating,
- Repulsing,
- ward off,
- riposted,
- fight off,
- square accounts,
- reseated,
- keep at bay,
- paid back,
- requite,
- pay back,
- counter,
- answer,
- roll back,
- carry back,
- Vied,
- repay,
- traded,
- served out,
- return the compliment,
- put back,
- riposting,
- hold at bay,
- feel in return,
- wrote back,
- settle the score,
- paying back,
- take vengeance,
- reinserted,
- serve out,
- get back at,
- thrust back,
- re-establishes,
- toss back,
- fly in the face of,
- re-establish,
- pay,
- Reinsert,
- be avenged,
- reciprocate,
- inter-change,
- rebated,
- offsetting,
- beat off,
- fending off,
- make reprisal,
- re-established,
- scratch one's back,
- put up fight,
- be equivalent,
- counterworking.
- made up for,
- pay one's dues,
- square things,
- making for,
- paid one's dues,
- make for,
- pay dues,
- squaring things.
- Counterpoising,
- COMPS,
- making amends,
- made amends,
- makes amends,
- giving satisfaction,
- atoned for,
- expiates,
- overcompensating,
- pay for,
- swing for,
- re-cover,
- did business,
- counter-balance,
- do business,
- give satisfaction,
- take care of,
- atone for,
- takes care of,
- counterpoised,
- doing business,
- cough up,
- sweeten the pot,
- overcompensated,
- coughed up,
- making good,
- took care of,
- ante up,
- COMP,
- spring for,
- recoup,
- overcompensate,
- coughing up,
- paid for,
- counter-balances.
- counterattack,
- make good,
- get off,
- render,
- rebut,
- give back,
- pay out,
- commute,
- accuse,
- bandy,
- give,
- hand over,
- cooperate,
- be quits with,
- avenge oneself,
- chastise,
- behave,
- give in exchange,
- pay off,
- meet,
- logroll,
- penalize,
- get even,
- get even with,
- permute,
- satisfy,
- reimburse,
- set right,
- make,
- unavenged,
- transpose,
- reprisal,
- castigate,
- Venge,
- throw up,
- bring back,
- proceed,
- shuffle,
- trade,
- swap,
- riposte,
- make pay,
- do penance,
- cap,
- rejoin,
- indemnify,
- counterchange,
- be quits,
- settle a score,
- resist,
- react,
- conduct oneself,
- give in,
- be revenged,
- turn in,
- bring up,
- score,
- counter-attack,
- expiate,
- act,
- interchange,
- remunerate,
- make up for,
- change,
- alternate,
- barf,
- even,
- fill up,
- avenged,
- cover,
- switch,
- render up,
- turn the tables.
How to use "Retaliate" in context?
When someone is retaliated against, there is a sense of revenge or getting even. Retaliation is often seen as a way of getting back at someone for what has been done to you, even if it's just a thought or feeling. It usually comes from feeling hurt and angry, and often goes hand in hand with hostility. When retaliating, it's important to be mindful of the consequences of your actions. There can be serious consequences for the person retaliating, as well as for the person being retaliated against.
Paraphrases for Retaliate:
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Independent
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Verb, base form
avenge, counter, counterattack, react, reciprocate, repay, reply, respond, revenge.
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Verb, base form
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Other Related
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Verb, base form
grind.
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Verb, base form
Homophones for Retaliate:
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