REACTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don”t like
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • his style of painting was a reaction against cubism
   
   Hypernyms(s) reaction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • resistance (what does resistance mean?)
   • opposition (what does opposition mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • backlash (what does backlash mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent
   
   Synonym(s)
   • response (what does response mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • a bad reaction to the medicine
   • his responses have slowed with age
   
   Hypernyms(s) reaction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bodily process (what does bodily process mean?)
   • body process (what does body process mean?)
   • bodily function (what does bodily function mean?)
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • automatism (what does automatism mean?)
   • rebound (what does rebound mean?)
   • overreaction (what does overreaction mean?)
   • galvanic skin response (what does galvanic skin response mean?)
   • GSR (what does GSR mean?)
   • psychogalvanic response (what does psychogalvanic response mean?)
   • electrodermal response (what does electrodermal response mean?)
   • electrical skin response (what does electrical skin response mean?)
   • Fere phenomenon (what does Fere phenomenon mean?)
   • Tarchanoff phenomenon (what does Tarchanoff phenomenon mean?)
   • immune response (what does immune response mean?)
   • immune reaction (what does immune reaction mean?)
   • immunologic response (what does immunologic response mean?)
   • tropism (what does tropism mean?)
   • taxis (what does taxis mean?)
   • kinesis (what does kinesis mean?)
   • double take (what does double take mean?)
   • reflex (what does reflex mean?)
   • instinctive reflex (what does instinctive reflex mean?)
   • innate reflex (what does innate reflex mean?)
   • inborn reflex (what does inborn reflex mean?)
   • unconditioned reflex (what does unconditioned reflex mean?)
   • physiological reaction (what does physiological reaction mean?)
   • learned reaction (what does learned reaction mean?)
   • learned response (what does learned response mean?)
   • passage (what does passage mean?)
   • passing (what does passing mean?)
   • answer (what does answer mean?)
   • transfusion reaction (what does transfusion reaction mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • react (what does react mean?)
   • respond (what does respond mean?)
3. Meaning
   • an idea evoked by some experience
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do
   
   Hypernyms(s) reaction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • idea (what does idea mean?)
   • thought (what does thought mean?)
4. Meaning
   • extreme conservatism in political or social matters
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • the forces of reaction carried the election
   
   Hypernyms(s) reaction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • conservatism (what does conservatism mean?)
   • conservativism (what does conservativism mean?)
5. Meaning
   • a response that reveals a person’’s feelings or attitude
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • he was pleased by the audience’’s reaction to his performance
   • John feared his mother’’s reaction when she saw the broken lamp
   
   Hypernyms(s) reaction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • response (what does response mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • react (what does react mean?)
   • respond (what does respond mean?)
6. Meaning
   • (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • every action has an equal and opposite reaction
   
   Hypernyms(s) reaction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • force (what does force mean?)
7. Meaning
   • (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
   
   Synonym(s)
   • chemical reaction (what does chemical reaction mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water
   
   Hypernyms(s) reaction is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • chemical process (what does chemical process mean?)
   • chemical change (what does chemical change mean?)
   • chemical action (what does chemical action mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • addition reaction (what does addition reaction mean?)
   • aldol reaction (what does aldol reaction mean?)
   • chain reaction (what does chain reaction mean?)
   • chemical equilibrium (what does chemical equilibrium mean?)
   • equilibrium (what does equilibrium mean?)
   • decomposition (what does decomposition mean?)
   • decomposition reaction (what does decomposition reaction mean?)
   • displacement (what does displacement mean?)
   • displacement reaction (what does displacement reaction mean?)
   • double decomposition (what does double decomposition mean?)
   • double decomposition reaction (what does double decomposition reaction mean?)
   • metathesis (what does metathesis mean?)
   • elimination reaction (what does elimination reaction mean?)
   • endothermic reaction (what does endothermic reaction mean?)
   • exothermic reaction (what does exothermic reaction mean?)
   • hydrolysis (what does hydrolysis mean?)
   • neutralization (what does neutralization mean?)
   • neutralisation (what does neutralisation mean?)
   • neutralization reaction (what does neutralization reaction mean?)
   • neutralisation reaction (what does neutralisation reaction mean?)
   • oxidation (what does oxidation mean?)
   • oxidization (what does oxidization mean?)
   • oxidisation (what does oxidisation mean?)
   • oxidation-reduction (what does oxidation-reduction mean?)
   • oxidoreduction (what does oxidoreduction mean?)
   • redox (what does redox mean?)
   • photochemical reaction (what does photochemical reaction mean?)
   • reduction (what does reduction mean?)
   • reducing (what does reducing mean?)
   • saponification (what does saponification mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • react (what does react mean?)