Respond
Respond verb - To act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence).
Reciprocate is a synonym for respond in react topic. In some cases you can use "Reciprocate" instead a verb "Respond", when it comes to topics like hit back at, act in answer to something.
Reciprocate
Reciprocate verb - To make a return for.
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Synonyms for Reciprocate
Respond is a synonym for reciprocate in return topic. You can use "Respond" instead a verb "Reciprocate", if it concerns topics such as exchange.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- match and respond
- match and reciprocate
- satisfy and respond
- satisfy and reciprocate
- acknowledge and respond
- acknowledge and reciprocate
- return and respond
- return and reciprocate
- echo and respond
- echo and reciprocate
- retort and respond
- retort and reciprocate
- feedback and respond
- feedback and reciprocate
Common collocations
| desire | respond desire | reciprocate desire |
| friendship | respond friendship | reciprocate friendship |
| sort | respond sort | reciprocate sort |
| way | respond way | reciprocate way |
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