react
react is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
- 2.To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- action
- against
- although
- and
- antagonism
- antagonistic
- antagonize
- back
- beat
- block
- boomerang
- bounce
- bound
- check
- clash
- coefficient
- collision
- compensate
- compensation
- conflict
- conflicting
- contrariety
- contrary
- contravene
- contrecoup
- counter
- counteract
- counteraction
- counterpoise
- cross
- direction
- echo
- elastic
- elasticity
- equal
- every
- fly
- for
- force
- friction
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is react.
- What is to return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state called?
- What is to act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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