REACTION Synonyms

• the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

• a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

• a statement acknowledging something or someone

• the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

• the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

• a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

• the speech act of replying to a question

• the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims

• a nonverbal reaction

• react verbally

• respond to a signal

• give the correct answer or solution to

• understand the meaning of

• give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

• be liable or accountable

• be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

• match or correspond

• be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of

• react to a stimulus or command

• a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

• the arrangement of the body and its limbs

• a theatrical pose created for effect

• position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)

• the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

• a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

• a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

• a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

• set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

• a movement back from an impact

• an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• having or capable of producing colors

• a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

• interest and variety and intensity

• the timbre of a musical sound

• an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

• any material used for its color

• (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction

• the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation

• add color to

• affect as in thought or feeling

• modify or bias

• decorate with colors

• give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

• change color, often in an undesired manner

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity

• the coloring of a person's face

• a combination that results from coupling or interlinking

• a point of view or general attitude or inclination

• texture and appearance of the skin of the face

• (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament

• give a certain color to

• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

• the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

• having important effects or influence

• table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted

• game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games

• a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens

• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

• a person who counts things

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)

• a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot

• a return punch (especially by a boxer)

• in the opposite direction

• indicating opposition or resistance

• speak in response

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.

• (chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the board

• make a counterattack

• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

• an outward appearance

• an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• (of a law) having legal validity

• a symptom caused by an illness or a drug

• produce

• act so as to bring into existence

• any strong feeling

• the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output

• response to an inquiry or experiment

• the experiencing of affective and emotional states

• a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

• a physical sensation that you experience

• the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

• an intuitive understanding of something

• a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

• the prevailing psychological state

• verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

• something that results

• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

• the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

• a way of conceiving something

• the process of perceiving

• knowledge gained by perceiving

• becoming aware of something via the senses