recoil - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for recoil , a list of similar words for recoil from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

a movement back from an impact

Synonyms

• backlash
• rebound
• recoil
• repercussion

More generic

• motion
• movement

More specific

• bounce
• bouncing
• carom
• resilience
• resiliency
• ricochet

Noun

the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

Synonyms

• kick
• recoil

More generic

• motion
• movement

Verb

spring back, as from a forceful thrust

Synonyms

• kick
• kick back
• recoil

More generic

• bounce
• bound
• rebound
• recoil
• resile
• reverberate
• ricochet
• spring
• take a hop

Verb

spring back; spring away from an impact

Synonyms

• bounce
• bound
• rebound
• recoil
• resile
• reverberate
• ricochet
• spring
• take a hop

More generic

• bound
• jump
• leap
• spring

More specific

• bound off
• carom
• kick
• kick back
• recoil
• skip

Verb

draw back, as with fear or pain

Synonyms

• cringe
• flinch
• funk
• quail
• recoil
• shrink
• squinch
• wince

More generic

• move

More specific

• retract
• shrink back

Verb

come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

Synonyms

• backfire
• backlash
• recoil

More generic

• come about
• fall out
• go on
• hap
• happen
• occur
• pass
• pass off
• take place

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