REFLEX Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of reflex

as in reactive

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noun

as in recoil

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Recent Examples of reflex

Adjective

Wyle listened to the two women’s breathing and administered a reflex test on their knees. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 May 2026 Gargling vigorously enough that your eyes water slightly engages the same reflex doctors use clinically to check vagal function. — Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026

Noun

That reflex is not necessarily the same with Andrew Wiggins, Davion Mitchell or Bam Adebayo. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 There’s like this neuroendocrine reflex that goes from the skin up to the brain back to the tissue. — Quanta Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reflex

Recent Examples of Synonyms for reflex

Adjective

Some Korean beauty creators also describe using it when their skin feels overheated or reactive after exposure to the country’s changing weather and humidity.

— Sophie Dunne, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
That transforms insurance from reactive pricing into continuous risk intelligence.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of reactive

Noun

On rare occasions, however, one such particle could collide with an atomic nucleus and produce a tiny recoil — precisely the kind of event the LZ experiment is designed to detect.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
The atom kicks itself out of the game The first problem is recoil.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of recoil

Adjective

Another of the crew, a South Korean, was discovered unconscious by coast guard rescuers before being sent to a hospital on the mainland and declared dead there, the coast guard said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
The massage therapist was found unconscious on July 30 near the intersection of 28th Street and Prospect Avenue, according to Capt.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of unconscious

Noun

Someone else expresses revulsion at seeing dogs devour bodies left to rot, but the disgust doesn’t seem to extend to the killings themselves.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Anyone with even the mildest case of trypophobia—the sense of revulsion from tiny clusters and holes—should avert their eyes.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of revulsion

Adjective

For starters, Drive’s dreamy and unabashed aestheticism represented a break from the rougher, more visceral films on which Winding Refn had built his reputation.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
But by incorporating the recurring ghost of Richie, a thirteen-year-old inmate who befriends the children—Ward combines the Southern Gothic with a socio-realist tradition in a voice that is both visceral and intimate.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of visceral

Noun

The polymer’s gradual rebound creates a mechanical memory that retains a history of past applied forces over time.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
The central bank’s tougher stance on monetary policy comes as the Fed grapples with stubborn inflation, worsened by a recent rebound in oil prices.

— Jeff Cox,Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of rebound

Adjective

Publications from the Times on down employ clickbait headlines that treat you like a starving rat in a Pavlovian experiment.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
O’Neill, who also has Pavlovian as a starter, named Cristian Torres to ride Robusta because Emisael Jaramillo had commitments at Santa Anita.

— Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026

Definition of Pavlovian

Adjective

Not to mention, all the subconscious terrain, where one wrestles with memory, vulnerability, and presence.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
Hoover’s post-game comments may not have been a conscious shot back at his former head coach, but this could be a case of a subconscious hard at work.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of subconscious

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