Synonyms of reacting

reacting

verb

present participle of react

as in responding

to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)

it was my first touchdown, and I didn't know how to react to the cheers of the crowd

Synonyms & Similar Words

• responding
• replying
• answering
• returning
• reading
• interpreting
• understanding
• retaliating
• managing
• construing
• handling
• taking
• negotiating
• coping (with)
• contending (with)
• grappling (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• acting
• causing
• affecting
• behaving
• drawing
• effecting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reacting

The Moon’s square to Uranus favors checking the information before reacting to the inconvenience. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026

On the stream, Piker is live-reacting to a YouTube video from the popular channel Jubilee, in which a Black conservative debates a Black liberal. — Abigail Sylvor Greenberg, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026

Shares are reacting positively to the print, gaining 4% to around $147. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

The Facebook comments reacting to the closing were also encouraging. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026

Ursta also posted a video of herself reacting to the account, one of many fan responses that flooded in on social media. — J. Kim Murphy, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2026

From leaders reacting to the death of a civil rights icon to a Northern California city scaling back police response, here’s a roundup of stories Sacramento-area readers should catch up on. — Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

The authors propose a more systemic understanding of desire as one cog in an organic machine, infinitely reacting to other machines. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Though global equities markets are very much reacting to Lula’s reelection—trading was halted on Brazil’s stock exchange—none of those gaming stocks appear to be dramatically impacted as of Monday morning. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2026