English > react: 3 senses > verb 1, cognition| Meaning | show a response or a reaction to something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something ----s to somebody; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonym | respond |
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| Narrower | accept | react favorably to |
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| accept | Be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal |
| accept, consent, go for | Give an affirmative reply to |
| answer | respond to a signal |
| answer | react to a stimulus or command |
| bristle | react in an offended or angry manner |
| explode | show a violent emotional reaction |
| flip, flip out | React in an excited, delighted, or surprised way |
| greet | react to in a certain way |
| notice, acknowledge | Express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with |
| overreact | show an exaggerated response to something |
| refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards |
| resist, reject, refuse | resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign / foreign tissue or organ |
| respond | respond favorably or as hoped |
| stool | react to a decoy, of wildfowl |
| treat | Regard or consider in a specific way |
| wonder, marvel | Be amazed at |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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| Spanish | contestar, reaccionar, responder |
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| Catalan | contestar, reaccionar, respondre |
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| Adjectives | reactive | reacting to a stimulus |
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| Nouns | reaction | a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent |
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| reaction | a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude |
