Synonyms for reaction

Noun

1. reaction, response

usage: a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude; "he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance"; "John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp"

2. reaction, response, bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity

usage: a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"

3. chemical reaction, reaction, chemical process, chemical change, chemical action

usage: (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"

4. reaction, idea, thought

usage: an idea evoked by some experience; "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"

5. reaction, resistance, opposition

usage: doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"

6. reaction, conservatism, conservativism

usage: extreme conservatism in political or social matters; "the forces of reaction carried the election"

7. reaction, force

usage: (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"