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reactions

NOUN

response

Synonyms

STRONGEST

answer attitude backlash feedback feeling opinion reception reply return

STRONG

acknowledgment backfire boomerang comeback compensation counteraction counterbalance counterpoise echo hit kick kickback lip rebound receptivity reciprocation recoil reflection reflex rejoinder repercussion retort reverberation revulsion sass take vibes wisecrack

WEAK

back talk double-take knee-jerk reagency snappy comeback

Antonyms

STRONGEST

question request

STRONG

failure loss

WEAK

cause

NOUN

political conservativism

Synonyms

STRONGEST

backlash

STRONG

backsliding counterrevolution obscurantism regression relapse retreat retrenchment retrogression right withdrawal

WEAK

Toryism right wing status quo

Antonyms

WEAK

cause question

Example Sentences

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Groups in which a small number of people produced most of the content tended to attract more reactions and responses.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Others consider audience reactions a gift to those on stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But while Americans’ reactions to both of the recent oil shocks are “directionally similar,” N.Y.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Another challenge involves reaction mechanisms, which describe how reactions proceed step by step through the movement of electrons.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

Something very sinister happens to the people of a country when they begin to distrust their own reactions as deeply as they do here, and become as joyless as they have become.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin