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Backlash

🔄 Synonyms of "Backlash"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
recoilnoun	To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment.
reboundnoun	(basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.
repercussionnoun	A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
backfireverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Backlash"

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Word	Definition
recoilnoun	(firearms) The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.
backfirenoun	A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
reboundnoun	(basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.
repercussionnoun	A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
backslidingnoun	An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
retreatnoun	The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
retrogressionnoun	A deterioration or decline to a previous state.
regressnoun	The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
throwbacknoun	(slang, often attributive) A person or thing that evokes memories.
regressionnoun	(statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.
setnoun	A punch for setting nails in wood.
rollbacknoun	A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
setbacknoun	An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
resistancenoun	The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
rejectionnoun	The act of rejecting.
oppositionnoun	The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
reactionnoun	An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
revoltnoun	An act of revolting.
reactive	That reacts or responds to a stimulus.
kickbacknoun	(countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe.