Synonyms and Antonyms of recoil

synonym (synonym of recoil)

hypernym (recoil IS A KIND OF .... relation)

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF recoil relation)

  • a movement back from an impact (noun.event)
    bounce, bouncing
    rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    resilience, resiliency
    an occurrence of rebounding or springing back (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    carom, ricochet
    a glancing rebound (noun.event)
     
  • draw back, as with fear or pain (verb.motion)
    retract, shrink back
    pull away from a source of disgust or fear (verb.motion)
     
  • spring back; spring away from an impact (verb.motion)
    kick, kick back, recoil
    spring back, as from a forceful thrust (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    bound off, skip
    bound off one point after another (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    carom
    rebound after hitting (verb.motion)
     

derivation (.... is derived from recoil)

  • a movement back from an impact (noun.event)
    bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop
    spring back; spring away from an impact (verb.motion)
     
  • come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect (verb.social)
    backfire, boomerang
    a miscalculation that recoils on its maker (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    backlash
    an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence (noun.act)
     
  • draw back, as with fear or pain (verb.motion)
    flinch, wince
    a reflex response to sudden pain (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    wince
    the facial expression of sudden pain (noun.communication)
     
  • spring back, as from a forceful thrust (verb.contact)
    kick, recoil
    the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired (noun.event)
     
  • spring back; spring away from an impact (verb.motion)
    bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation, spring
    a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    bounce, bounciness
    the quality of a substance that is able to rebound (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.event)
    backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion
    a movement back from an impact (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    bounce, bouncing
    rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts) (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    resilience, resiliency
    an occurrence of rebounding or springing back (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    carom, ricochet
    a glancing rebound (noun.event)
     
  • (adj.all)
    bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy
    elastic; rebounds readily (adj.all)
     
  • the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired (noun.event)
    kick, kick back, recoil
    spring back, as from a forceful thrust (verb.contact)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym derivation kick backlash cringe flinch backfire bounce motion movement bounce bound jump leap bounce bouncing resilience resiliency carom ricochet bounce bound kick kick back leap bounciness
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