Response and Strain

Response

Response noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.

Show all Definitions

Strain and response are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strain" instead a noun "Response".

Nearby Words: responsive, responsible, respond

Strain noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

Show all Definitions

Response and strain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Response" instead a noun "Strain".

Nearby Words: strained, straining, strainer

emotional	emotional response	emotional strain
physical	physical response	physical strain
special	special response	special strain
common	common response	common strain
Other adjectives: natural, certain, original, strong, real, great, unique, mental, last, different.

At the end, both Shawn and Travis are revealed to be imaginary, created by David as a response to the strain of his parents' divorce.

Source: Literature / The Haunting Hour
Godzilla's body/colony of organisms is able to mutate, adapt, and produce new materials in response to radiation and energy is the same ability of the titular organism from The Andromeda Strain.

Source: Film / Shin Godzilla
Two weaponized strains intended for the infection of mammals are eventually created: Strain A, which causes only men to become sterilized; and Strain B, which eliminates the female courtship response, and induces females to reproduce via self-cloning parthenogenesis.

Source: Fan Fic / On Missing Limbs

Cite this Source

Strain and Response. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/response/strain

Response & Strain. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/response/strain>.

Strain or Response. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/response/strain.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "response" and "strain" have occurred on timeline