Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Recoil

Nouns
  • recoil
  • reaction, retroaction
  • revulsion
  • bounce, rebound, ricochet
  • repercussion, recalcitration
  • kick
  • springing back etc. v.
  • elasticity etc. Elasticity
  • reflection, reflexion [Brit.], reflex, reflux
  • reverberation etc. (resonance) Resonance
  • rebuff, repulse
  • return. ducks and drakes
  • boomerang
  • spring, reactionist. elastic collision, coefficient of restitution.
Verbs
  • recoil, react
  • spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back
  • rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate
  • echo, ricochet.
Adjectives
  • recoiling etc. v.
  • refluent, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary
  • retroactive.
Adverbs
  • on the rebound, on the recoil etc. n..
Phrases
  • for every action there is a reaction, equal in force for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction [Newton].