All retaliate synonyms
re·tal·i·ate
R r verb retaliate
- make for — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- ante up — If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly.
- cough up — If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
- counterwork — work done in opposition to other work
- answer back — If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
- comp — Comp is short for compensation.
- comping — a ticket, book, service, etc., provided free of charge to specially chosen recipients.
- fly in the face of — to move through the air using wings.
- counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- avenge — If you avenge a wrong or harmful act, you hurt or punish the person who is responsible for it.
- carry back — to apply (a legally permitted credit, esp an operating loss) to the taxable income of previous years in order to ease the overall tax burden
- comped — a ticket, book, service, etc., provided free of charge to specially chosen recipients.
- make amends — reparation or compensation for a loss, damage, or injury of any kind; recompense.
- get back to — resume
- counterpoised — a counterbalancing weight.
- answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
- get back at — take revenge on
- make good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- beat off — to drive back; repel
- fight back — retaliate
- counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
- fight off — defend yourself from
- overcompensate — to compensate or reward excessively; overpay: Some stockholders feel the executives are being overcompensated and that bonuses should be reduced.