BACKLASH as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence
   Usage Example(s)
   • there was a backlash of intolerance
   Hypernyms(s) backlash is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • reaction (what does reaction mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • whitelash (what does whitelash mean?)
   • white backlash (what does white backlash mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • backfire (what does backfire mean?)
   • backlash (what does backlash mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a movement back from an impact
   Synonym(s)
   • rebound (what does rebound mean?)
   • recoil (what does recoil mean?)
   • repercussion (what does repercussion mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) backlash is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • movement (what does movement mean?)
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bounce (what does bounce mean?)
   • bouncing (what does bouncing mean?)
   • resilience (what does resilience mean?)
   • resiliency (what does resiliency mean?)
   • ricochet (what does ricochet mean?)
   • carom (what does carom mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • bounce (what does bounce mean?)
   • resile (what does resile mean?)
   • take a hop (what does take a hop mean?)
   • spring (what does spring mean?)
   • bound (what does bound mean?)
   • rebound (what does rebound mean?)
   • recoil (what does recoil mean?)
   • reverberate (what does reverberate mean?)
   • ricochet (what does ricochet mean?)
   • bounce (what does bounce mean?)
   • resile (what does resile mean?)
   • take a hop (what does take a hop mean?)
   • spring (what does spring mean?)
   • bound (what does bound mean?)
   • rebound (what does rebound mean?)
   • recoil (what does recoil mean?)
   • reverberate (what does reverberate mean?)
   • ricochet (what does ricochet mean?)

BACKLASH as VERB

1. Meaning
   • have an unexpected and undesired effect
   Synonym(s)
   • backfire (what does backfire mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble
   Hypernyms(s) backlash is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • react (what does react mean?)
   • oppose (what does oppose mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • backlash (what does backlash mean?)
   • backfire (what does backfire mean?)
   • boomerang (what does boomerang mean?)