- Types Of Speech
- You can use retaliate as a verb in a sentence.
- About Retaliate
- A 4 syllables verb and 9 letters with the letters a, e, i, l, r, and t, 4 consonants, 5 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letter l. Retaliate starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters r, re, ret, reta, retal, and the ending characters are e, te, ate, iate, liate, ..
- Definition
- Make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Retaliate is set as a sat word that starts with r, ends with e, 4 syllables, 5 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Retaliate in Pig Latin is said as "etaliateray or etaliaterway".
- Unigram
- r | e | t | a | l | i | a | t | e
- Bigram
- re | et | ta | al | li | ia | at | te
- Trigram
- ret | eta | tal | ali | lia | iat | ate
- Quadrigram
- reta | etal | tali | alia | liat | iate
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil;
"The Empire strikes back";
"The Giants struck back and won the opener";
"The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing" - take revenge for a perceived wrong;
"He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
Synonym | Definition |
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Aby | make amends for "expiate one''s sins" |
Abye | make amends for "expiate one''s sins" |
Alternate | someone who takes the place of another person |
Atone | turn away from sin or do penitence |
Avenge | take revenge for a perceived wrong "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother" |
Bandy | discuss lightly "We bandied around these difficult questions" |
Barter | an equal exchange "we had no money so we had to live by barter" |
Be Quits With | |
Change | the action of changing something "the change of government had no impact on the economy" "his change on abortion cost him the election" |
Collaborate | work together on a common enterprise of project "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well" "We joined forces with another research group" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Retaliate
Anagram | Definition |
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Aliterate | a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources |
Elettaria | cardamom |
Retaliate | make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil "The Empire strikes back" "The Giants struck back and won the opener" "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing" |
View English words with the unique letters used in retaliate. Words With The Letters Aeilrt
Word | Definition |
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Retaliation | action taken in return for an injury or offense |
Revenge | action taken in return for an injury or offense |
Word | Definition |
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Hit | (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball) "he came all the way around on Williams'' hit" |
Strike | a conspicuous success "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career" "that new Broadway show is a real smasher" "the party went with a bang" |
Retaliate Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With R
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters