Need another word that means the same as “retaliation”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “retaliation” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Retaliation” are: revenge, vengeance, reprisal, retribution, requital, recrimination, an eye for an eye, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, getting even, redress, repayment, payback
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “retaliation” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| an eye for an eye | An area that is approximately central within some larger region. |
| an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth | Attention to what is seen. |
| getting even | A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent. |
| payback | Profit from an investment equal to the initial outlay. A long time lag between investment and payback. |
| recrimination | An accusation in response to one from someone else. There are no tears no recriminations. |
| redress | Remedy or compensation for a wrong or grievance. Those seeking redress for an infringement of public law rights. |
| repayment | Payment of a debt or obligation. Minimum monthly repayments. |
| reprisal | A retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime. Three youths died in the reprisals which followed. |
| requital | A justly deserved penalty. |
| retribution | Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act. Divine retribution. |
| revenge | The action of hurting or harming someone in return for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands. It was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge. |
| 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. |
| avenge | Inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another. We must avenge our dead. |
| bullying | Noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others. |
| dishearten | Cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence. The farmer was disheartened by the damage to his crops. |
| enemy | A personal enemy. The enemy shot down four helicopters. |
| futilely | In a futile and unproductive manner. |
| gloat | An act of gloating. His enemies gloated over his death. |
| grudge | Bear a grudge harbor ill feelings. I ve never been one to hold a grudge. |
| harassment | A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented. So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors. |
| intimidation | The feeling of discouragement in the face of someone’s superior fame or wealth or status etc. The intimidation of witnesses and jurors. |
| killing | The act of terminating a life. A killing schedule. |
| marred | Blemished by injury or rough wear. Walls marred by graffiti. |
| overawe | Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats. The eleven year old was overawed by the atmosphere. |
| punish | Impose a penalty on inflict punishment on. We had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again. |
| 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 an attack in return for a similar attack. They used their abilities to retaliate the injury. |
| retribution | Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act. Employees asked not to be named saying they feared retribution. |
| revenge | Take revenge for a perceived wrong. Zimbabwe snatched the game 18 16 but the Spanish had their revenge later. |
| savage | Cruel and vicious; aggressively hostile. A savage people. |
| spite | Malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty. He d think I was saying it out of spite. |
| 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. They were reluctant to swear allegiance. |
| unscrupulous | Having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair. Unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell their country in order to gain power. |
| vendetta | A blood feud in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance on the murderer or the murderer’s family. 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. He swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him. |
| vengeful | Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge- Shakespeare- M.R.Cohen. A vengeful ex con. |
| victimize | Make a victim of. I was victimized by this con man. |
| vindictive | Having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge. Punishments essentially vindictive in their nature. |
| wreak | Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence. They would soon have a chance to wreak their revenge on the enemy. |
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