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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adverse reaction |
| Synonyms: | backfire, boomerang, counteraction, kickback, reaction, recoil, repercussion, resentment, resistance, response, retaliation, retroaction, tangle |
| Main Entry: | boomerang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | backfire |
| Synonyms: | backlash, bounce back, come back, come home to roost, kick back, react, rebound, recoil, return, reverse, ricochet |
| Antonyms: | work |
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spring up; rebound |
| Synonyms: | backlash, bob, boomerang, bound, buck, bump, carom, fly back, glance off, hop, hurdle, jerk up and down, jounce, jump, kick back, leap, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, saltate, snap back, spring back, thump, vault |
| Main Entry: | effect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | result |
| Synonyms: | aftereffect, aftermath, backlash, backwash, can of worms, causatum, chain reaction, conclusion, consequence, corollary, denouement, development, end, end product, event, eventuality, fallout, flak, follow through, follow-up, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, pursuance, ramification, reaction, reflex, repercussion, response, sequel, sequence, side effect, spin-off, upshot, waves |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
| Antonyms: | beginning, cause, commencement, foundation, origin, source, start |
| Main Entry: | kick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, strength |
| Synonyms: | backlash, blow, boot, force, intensity, jar, jolt, pep, punch, pungency, snap, sparkle, tang, verve, vitality, zest, zing |
| Antonyms: | dullness, powerlessness, tastelessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | response |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, answer, attitude, back talk, backfire, backlash, boomerang, comeback, compensation, counteraction, counterbalance, counterpoise, double-take, echo, feedback, feeling, hit, kick, kickback, knee-jerk, lip, opinion, reagency, rebound, reception, receptivity, reciprocation, recoil, reflection, reflex, rejoinder, repercussion, reply, retort, return, reverberation, revulsion, sass, snappy comeback, take*, vibes, wisecrack |
| Antonyms: | cause, question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political conservativism |
| Synonyms: | Toryism, backlash, backsliding, counterrevolution, obscurantism, regression, relapse, retreat, retrenchment, retrogression, right, right wing, status quo, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | repercussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consequence |
| Synonyms: | backlash, chain reaction, echo, effect, fallout, feedback, flak, follow-through, follow-up, impact, imprint, influence, kickback, mark, re-echo, reaction, rebound, recoil, result, reverberation, side effect, spinoff, waves |
| Antonyms: | cause |
| Main Entry: | materialization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effect |
| Synonyms: | actualization, aftereffect, aftermath, backlash, backwash, being, can of worms, causatum, chain reaction, conclusion, consequence, corollary, denouement, development, end, end product, event, eventuality, fallout, flak, follow through, follow-up, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, precipitate, pursuance, ramification, reaction, realization, reflex, repercussion, response, sequel, sequence, side effect, spin-off, upshot, waves* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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