'React' definitions:
Definition of 'react'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'React'
From: GCIDE
- React \Re*act"\ (r[=e]*[a^]kt"), v. t. To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'React'
From: GCIDE
- React \Re*act"\ (r[-e]*[a^]kt"), v. i.
- 1. To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'react'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acknowledge,
- act,
- answer,
- answer back,
- be affected,
- be in tune,
- be inspired,
- be involved,
- be moved,
- behave,
- care about,
- catch the flame,
- catch the infection,
- change color,
- color with emotion,
- come back,
- come back at,
- dig,
- echo,
- empathize with,
- flash back,
- function,
- give acknowledgment,
- give answer,
- identify with,
- operate,
- perform,
- proceed,
- reciprocate,
- recur,
- reecho,
- rejoin,
- relate to emotionally,
- renovate,
- reply,
- respond,
- retaliate,
- retort,
- return,
- return answer,
- return for answer,
- reverberate,
- revert,
- riposte,
- say,
- say in reply,
- share,
- shoot back,
- snap back,
- sympathize with,
- take,
- take the bait,
- talk back,
- turn,
- turn back,
- work