- Types Of Speech
- You can use reaction as a noun in a sentence.
- About Reaction
- A 2 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters a, c, e, i, n, o, r, and t, 4 consonants, 4 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters ct. Reaction starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters r, re, rea, reac, react, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, tion, ction, ..
- Definition
- Doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don''t like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- Compound Words
- A compound word, reaction has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are react, and ion.
- School Grade
- Reaction is set as a sat word that starts with r, ends with n, 2 syllables, 4 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Reaction in Pig Latin is said as "eactionray or eactionrway".
- Unigram
- r | e | a | c | t | i | o | n
- Bigram
- re | ea | ac | ct | ti | io | on
- Trigram
- rea | eac | act | cti | tio | ion
- Quadrigram
- reac | eact | acti | ctio | tion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like;
"his style of painting was a reaction against cubism" - a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent;
"a bad reaction to the medicine";
"his responses have slowed with age" - an idea evoked by some experience;
"his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do" - extreme conservatism in political or social matters;
"the forces of reaction carried the election" - a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude;
"he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance";
"John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp" - (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body;
"every action has an equal and opposite reaction" - (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others;
"there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acknowledgement | a statement acknowledging something or someone "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment" "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
| Acknowledgment | a statement acknowledging something or someone "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment" "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
| Action And Reaction | |
| Aeromotor | |
| Affect | the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion |
| Affection | a positive feeling of liking "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt" "the child won everyone''s heart" |
| Affectionateness | a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love |
| Affective Disorder | |
| Answer | a nonverbal reaction "his answer to any problem was to get drunk" "their answer was to sue me" |
| Answering | replying "an answering glance" "an answering smile" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Reaction
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reaction | doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don''t like "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism" |
| Creation | (theology) God''s act of bringing the universe into existence |
View English words with the unique letters used in reaction. Words With The Letters Aceinort
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Opposition | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens" "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead" |
| Resistance | the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens" "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Backlash | an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance" |
Reaction Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With R
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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