REACTING Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Recent Examples of reacting People who are constantly reacting to financial anxiety may have less capacity for strategic thinking, creative problem-solving and disciplined follow-through. — Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 But people were reacting as much to me dropping the f-bombs as the nostalgia of the song, and rediscovering it and realizing that the song kicks ass and never stops kicking it. — Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 And how luxury brands are reacting to the enormous and growing secondhand market for luxury goods. — James Sneed, NPR, 10 July 2026 Tiffany Haddish is reacting to the White House’s shady response to one of her Jimmy Kimmel Live punchlines. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026 Markets have been reacting to the possibility that the Federal Reserve will hold or even raise interest rates by the end of the year. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 8 July 2026 This is not the approach of a president who’s running a war; this is the flailing of a man who’s in over his head and is reacting to events, rather than guiding them. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 Air exposure caused the concrete to form the mineral calcite by reacting with carbon dioxide. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026 Algeria’s Jaouen Hadjam reacting after the loss to Switzerland. — Reuters, NBC news, 3 July 2026

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responding

Verb

The responding officers rendered first aid to the victims before they were taken to local hospitals.

— Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Police responding to the 2200 block of Oliver Street found one woman dead; eight adults were treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, the Fort Wayne Police Department said.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 July 2026