All back-talk synonyms
back-talk
B b verb back-talk
- assert β If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
- affirm β If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists.
- object β anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- revolt β to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny: to revolt against the present government.
- insist β to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
- fight β a battle or combat.
- resist β to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- demonstrate β If you demonstrate a particular skill, quality, or feeling, you show by your actions that you have it.
- declare β If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
- contend β If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
- attest β To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true.
- squawk β to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- avow β If you avow something, you admit it or declare it.
- predicate β to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- blast β A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
- combat β Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
- profess β to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- avouch β to vouch for; guarantee
- buck β A buck is a US or Australian dollar.
- disagree β to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- testify β to bear witness; give or afford evidence.
- demur β If you demur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do.
- asseverate β to assert or declare emphatically or solemnly
- holler β to cry aloud; shout; yell: Quit hollering into the phone.
- rebel β a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- howl β to utter a loud, prolonged, mournful cry, as that of a dog or wolf.
- remonstrate β to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- kick β to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- thumbs down β the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- cry out β If you cry out, you call out loudly because you are frightened, unhappy, or in pain.
- sound off β the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
noun back-talk
- retort β to sterilize food after it is sealed in a container, by steam or other heating methods.
- return β to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
- riposte β a quick, sharp return in speech or action; counterstroke: a brilliant riposte to an insult.
- sass β impudent or disrespectful back talk: Both parents refuse to take any sass from their kids.
- sauce β any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- backchat β the act of answering back, esp impudently
- uptake β apprehension; understanding or comprehension; mental grasp: quick on the uptake.
- cheek β Your cheeks are the sides of your face below your eyes.
- comeback β If someone such as an entertainer or sports personality makes a comeback, they return to their profession or sport after a period away.
- guff β empty or foolish talk; nonsense.
- insolence β contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
- insult β to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
- lip β either of the two fleshy parts or folds forming the margins of the mouth and functioning in speech.
- mouth β Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
- rejoinder β an answer to a reply; response.