Need another word that means the same as “avenge”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “avenge” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Avenge” are: retaliate, revenge, take revenge for, take vengeance for, exact retribution for, requite
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “avenge” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| exact retribution for | Claim as due or just. |
| requite | Make appropriate return for (a favour, service, or wrongdoing. They are quick to requite a kindness. |
| retaliate | Take revenge for a perceived wrong. The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing. |
| revenge | Inflict revenge on behalf of someone else. It s a pity he chose that way to revenge his sister. |
| take revenge for | Assume, as of positions or roles. |
| take vengeance for | Take into one’s possession. |
| abhorrent | Offensive to the mind. Racism was abhorrent to us all. |
| acrimony | A rough and bitter manner. The AGM dissolved into acrimony. |
| anathematize | Curse; condemn. He anathematized them as bloody scroungers. |
| dislike | Have or feel a dislike or distaste for. I know all his likes and dislikes. |
| enemy | A personal enemy. The enemy attacked at dawn. |
| futilely | In a futile and unproductive manner. |
| gloat | An act of gloating. I would join her for a good gloat. |
| grievance | A real or imagined cause for complaint, especially unfair treatment. A website which enabled staff to air their grievances. |
| grudge | Bear a grudge harbor ill feelings. I don t grudge him his moment of triumph. |
| harassment | The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism. They face daily harassment and assault on the streets. |
| hate | Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards. Two separate polls confirmed he is hated by the public. |
| intimidation | The feeling of discouragement in the face of someone’s superior fame or wealth or status etc. The election was marred by allegations of government intimidation and vote rigging. |
| malice | The desire to harm someone; ill will. I bear no malice towards anybody. |
| mortgage | The amount of money borrowed in a mortgage. I put down a hundred thousand in cash and took out a mortgage for the rest. |
| payment | A sum of money paid or a claim discharged. A suit with a velvet collar that I got as payment for being in the show. |
| rancor | A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will. |
| reprisal | The forcible seizure of a foreign subject or their goods as an act of retaliation. The threat of reprisal. |
| requital | A justly deserved penalty. |
| retaliate | Make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil. They used their abilities to retaliate the injury. |
| retaliation | The action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself; revenge. The bombings are believed to be in retaliation for the trial of 15 suspects. |
| retribution | A justly deserved penalty. Divine retribution. |
| revenge | Inflict revenge on behalf of someone else. Zimbabwe snatched the game 18 16 but the Spanish had their revenge later. |
| spite | Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty. He put the house up for sale to spite his family. |
| spurn | An act of spurning. It is a spurn of God s sovereignty and a slight of his goodness. |
| swear | An offensive word used especially to express anger a swear word. Griffin made contact with the coach which led to him yelling a swear back in his direction. |
| vendetta | A feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other. He has accused the British media of pursuing a vendetta against him. |
| vengeance | The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life–Romans 12:19. Voters are ready to wreak vengeance on all politicians. |
| vengeful | Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge- Shakespeare- M.R.Cohen. A vengeful ex con. |
| vindictive | Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge- Shakespeare- M.R.Cohen. A vindictive man will look for occasions for resentment. |
| wreak | Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence. Torrential rainstorms wreaked havoc yesterday. |
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