Synonyms for Retaliation:

• adv

  •equally (adverb)
  • measure for measure.
  •Other relevant words: (adverb)
  • meed,
  • lex talionis,
  • rectification.

• n.

  •answer (noun)
  • reply.
  •backlash (noun)
  • counteraction,
  • backfire,
  • boomerang,
  • recoil,
  • repercussion,
  • response,
  • Retroaction,
  • tangle,
  • kickback,
  • reaction,
  • resentment.
  •comeback (noun)
  • quip,
  • rejoinder.
  •due (noun)
  • interest,
  • recompense,
  • repayment,
  • deserts,
  • privilege,
  • rate,
  • claim,
  • right,
  • satisfaction,
  • prerogative,
  • need,
  • compensation,
  • merits,
  • perquisite,
  • title,
  • Rights.
  •eye for an eye (noun)
  • getting evens,
  • eye for eye,
  • tooth for tooth,
  • tooth for teeth,
  • tooth for a teeth.
  •feedback (noun)
  • comment,
  • rebuttal,
  • sentiment,
  • criticism,
  • assessment,
  • observation,
  • evaluation.
  •guerdon (noun)
  • de sert,
  • satisfas,
  • de-sert.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • answer back,
  • spitefulness,
  • Avengement,
  • counterstrokes,
  • return,
  • defence,
  • unfriendliness,
  • reprisal,
  • ill feelings,
  • vibe,
  • retribution,
  • getting even,
  • toppers,
  • revenge,
  • what is coming to one,
  • hardness of heart,
  • accruements,
  • tooth for a tooth,
  • parting shot,
  • Counterstroke,
  • antiphons,
  • resistance,
  • comeback,
  • bile,
  • ill feeling,
  • vibes,
  • backlash,
  • Counter-stroke,
  • due,
  • attack,
  • revanche,
  • be in line for,
  • dudgeon,
  • takings,
  • just desserts,
  • back answer,
  • knee jerk reaction,
  • eye for an eye,
  • paying back,
  • biles,
  • antiphon,
  • mercilessness,
  • entitlements,
  • Revengefulness,
  • ruthlessness,
  • vindictiveness,
  • guerdon,
  • uncharitableness,
  • rancor,
  • entitlement,
  • repartee,
  • satisfa,
  • accruement,
  • what for,
  • counter blow,
  • retaliation,
  • retort.
  •payment (noun)
  • defrayment,
  • reimbursement,
  • discharge,
  • pension,
  • cash,
  • out lay,
  • portion,
  • Downs,
  • hire,
  • award,
  • amortization,
  • defrayal,
  • reparation,
  • alimony,
  • redress,
  • salary,
  • pay-offs,
  • pay-off,
  • settlement,
  • support,
  • quittance,
  • bounty,
  • remittance,
  • wage,
  • premium,
  • acquittal,
  • Remittances,
  • reckoning,
  • disbursement,
  • restitution,
  • paying,
  • fee,
  • subsidy,
  • annuity,
  • advance,
  • remuneration,
  • refund,
  • outlay,
  • amount,
  • part,
  • sum,
  • down,
  • deposit.
  •rancor (noun)
  • grudge,
  • enmity,
  • aversion,
  • malignity,
  • antipathy,
  • acrimony,
  • hatred,
  • malice,
  • venom,
  • hostility,
  • ill will,
  • spleen,
  • antagonism,
  • resentfulness,
  • hate,
  • acerbity,
  • variance,
  • umbrage,
  • malevolence,
  • vengefulness,
  • virulence,
  • harshness,
  • pique,
  • spite,
  • animus,
  • bad blood,
  • animosity,
  • mordacity.
  •repayment (noun)
  • re payments,
  • re payment,
  • re-payment,
  • re-payments.
  •reply (noun)
  • lip,
  • back talk,
  • wisecrack,
  • acknowledgment,
  • snappy comeback,
  • reciprocation,
  • knee-jerk reaction,
  • sass,
  • echo.
  •reprisal (noun)
  • counterblow.
  •requital (noun)
  • recaliation.
  •retaliation (noun)
  • punishment,
  • exchange,
  • vengeance,
  • countercharge.
  •retort (noun)
  • parting shots,
  • re tort,
  • re-torts,
  • back answers,
  • re torts,
  • re-tort.
  •retribution (noun)
  • just dessert,
  • what fors,
  • revanches.
  •spitefulness (noun)
  • mercilessnesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • counterattack,
  • answer,
  • defense,
  • payment.
  •
  • requital,
  • tit for tat.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • defiance,
  • counter-argument,
  • discipline,
  • contradict,
  • recuperate,
  • contradiction,
  • compensate,
  • battledore and shuttlecock,
  • recoup,
  • comeuppance,
  • transposition,
  • quid pro quo,
  • mutuality,
  • compromise,
  • equation,
  • refutation,
  • revive,
  • a tooth for a tooth,
  • oppose,
  • blood feud,
  • counter-accusation,
  • counterplot,
  • reimburse,
  • feedback,
  • give and take,
  • counterbalancing,
  • balancing,
  • offsetting,
  • atonement,
  • correction,
  • expiation,
  • interchange,
  • persuade,
  • retrieve,
  • cross fire,
  • neutralization,
  • permutation,
  • retaliate,
  • recrimination,
  • contravene,
  • payback,
  • sanction,
  • substitution,
  • even out,
  • Avengeance,
  • repossess,
  • equalization,
  • Retortion,
  • confutation,
  • something for something,
  • revanchism,
  • restore,
  • nemesis,
  • resist,
  • accusation,
  • an eye for an eye,
  • quarrel,
  • indemnify,
  • amends,
  • Transposal,
  • even up,
  • vendetta,
  • judgment,
  • regain,
  • vindication,
  • cooperation,
  • ban,
  • vindicatory,
  • counter,
  • underwrite,
  • repay,
  • respond,
  • retaliatory,
  • resume,
  • justice,
  • reciprocality,
  • counterbalance,
  • reciprocate,
  • recover,
  • feud,
  • just deserts,
  • commutation,
  • nullification,
  • Intermutation,
  • in retaliation,
  • retaliations,
  • reclaim,
  • counter-attack,
  • alternation,
  • aspersion,
  • Blaming,
  • reward,
  • denial,
  • give back,
  • penalty,
  • Implacability,
  • interplay,
  • fill,
  • counterchange,
  • riposte,
  • indemnification,
  • Revengement,
  • retributive,
  • requite,
  • reciprocity,
  • satisfy,
  • pay,
  • indemnity,
  • like for like,
  • countervail,
  • even off,
  • reprisals,
  • day of reckoning,
  • avenging,
  • retributory.

Paraphrases for Retaliation:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    reprisal, reprisals, revenge.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    retaliatory, reprisal, counter-violence, revenge.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    vengeance.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    payback.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    repression, victimization, restitution, persecution, recrimination, vendetta, counter-attack, riposte, vindictiveness, punishment.
  • Verb, past participle
    threatened, victimized, taken.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    retribution, victimisation, counterattack, vengeance.

Antonyms for Retaliation:

• n.

  • vengeance
    pardon, sympathy.
  • Other antonyms:
    excuse, forgiveness, reconciliation, compassion, grace, pity.

Homophones for Retaliation:

• rattle down.

Hypernym for Retaliation:

• n.

  • act
    retribution, reprisal, vengeance, payback.

Hyponym for Retaliation:

• n.

  • act
    getting even, return, paying back.