EXACTS Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

exacts

verb

present tense third-person singular of exact

as in demands

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority every war inevitably exacts the greatest sacrifice possible from some of the nation's best and brightest

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as in imposes

to establish or apply as a charge or penalty vowed to exact a heavy fine from any hockey player engaging in such outrageous behavior on the ice

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as in extorts

to get (as money) by the use of force or threats that loan shark can be counted upon to exact repayment of his loan by whatever means necessary

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Recent Examples of exacts Shrinking lake ice exacts its price Depending on how much greenhouse gases warm the planet in the coming years, the average lake could lose up to 10 to 28 days of ice cover by the end of the century, says Sapna Sharma, a global change biologist at York University in Canada. —

Berly McCoy, NPR, 2 Mar. 2026 Colonialization exacts a heavy toll. —

Taylor Crumpton, Time, 10 Feb. 2026 But the Seahawks and their passionate fans will take it; this title represents Seattle's second Super Bowl triumph and exacts a measure of revenge for the heart-wrenching, last-second defeat in Super Bowl 49. —

Jim Reineking, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026 Could the Golden Globes be where Kathy exacts her revenge? —

Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026 Despite the toll Bug exacts, however, Coon is in exceptionally good humor—if with the blinking optimism of a new year in an unstable reality. —

Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026 Afghanistan is, once again, under a Taliban regime that exacts even more extreme restrictions than those of Anjuman’s childhood. —

Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025 However, mythmaking exacts costs on our understanding of the past. —

Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025 One game for the division (and the division’s one playoff spot)… And Seattle exacts revenge for 2019. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025

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Audience members become scene partners, confidants and, at times, emotional anchors — a structure that demands a level of presence few actors could sustain, but one Radcliffe makes feel effortless.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
Li is magnificently photographed throughout and is as alluring as the part demands, but Cat has no evident personality — nor does Flint, leaving Huston playing emotionally tortured but with no meaningful underpinnings.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026