VENGEANCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for VENGEANCE?

Need another word that means the same as “vengeance”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “vengeance” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Vengeance” are: payback, retribution, revenge, retaliation, requital, reprisal

Vengeance as a Noun

Definitions of "Vengeance" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “vengeance” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life.
• Punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong.
• The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life–Romans 12:19.

Synonyms of "Vengeance" as a noun (6 Words)

payback	The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life–Romans 12:19. A long time lag between investment and payback.
reprisal	The forcible seizure of a foreign subject or their goods as an act of retaliation. Three youths died in the reprisals which followed.
requital	A justly deserved penalty.
retaliation	Action taken in return for an injury or offense. She rejected as preposterous any suggestion that she had acted in retaliation.
retribution	The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life–Romans 12:19. Employees asked not to be named saying they feared retribution.
revenge	(in sporting contexts) the defeat of a person or team by whom one was beaten in a previous encounter. Zimbabwe snatched the game 18 16 but the Spanish had their revenge later.

Usage Examples of "Vengeance" as a noun

• Voters are ready to wreak vengeance on all politicians.
• He swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him.
• For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge.

Associations of "Vengeance" (30 Words)

avenge	Take revenge for a perceived wrong. We must avenge our dead.
bring	Go or come after and bring or take back. Can I bring my cousin to the dinner.
complaint	An illness or medical condition, especially a relatively minor one. There were complaints that the building was an eyesore.
enemy	A personal enemy. Routine is the enemy of art.
futilely	In a futile and unproductive manner.
gloat	An act of gloating. I would join her for a good gloat.
grudge	Bear a grudge harbor ill feelings. Holding a grudge.
harassment	The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism. They face daily harassment and assault on the streets.
hate	Feel intense dislike for. He hates flying.
intimidation	A communication that makes you afraid to try something. The election was marred by allegations of government intimidation and vote rigging.
killing	Exhausting or unbearable. A killing joke.
malice	Feeling a need to see others suffer. I bear no malice towards anybody.
mischief	Playfulness that is intended to tease or create trouble. Her eyes twinkled with irrepressible mischief.
opposition	The principal parliamentary party opposed to that in office. Despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead.
punish	Impose a penalty on inflict punishment on. A rise in prescription charges would punish the poor.
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. Three youths died in the reprisals which followed.
requital	An act of requiting; returning in kind.
retaliate	Make an attack in return for a similar attack. They used their abilities to retaliate the injury.
retaliation	The action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself; revenge. She rejected as preposterous any suggestion that she had acted in retaliation.
retribution	Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act. The swiftness of divine retribution.
revenge	Inflict revenge on behalf of someone else. It s a pity he chose that way to revenge his sister.
savage	(of something bad or negative) very great; severe. A savage slap.
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. She spurned his advances.
swear	An offensive word used especially to express anger a swear word. Before God I swear I am innocent.
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.
vengeful	Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge. A vengeful ex con.
vindictive	Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge- Shakespeare- M.R.Cohen. More vindictive than jealous love.
wreak	Avenge (someone who has been wronged. The environmental damage wreaked by ninety years of phosphate mining.