REVENGES Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

revenges 1 of 2

noun

plural of revenge

as in retaliations

the act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury both sides were determined to get revenge for perceived wrongs and showed little interest in ending the feud

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revenges

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verb

present tense third-person singular of revenge

as in avenges

to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for a man who took matters into his own hands and revenged the death of his brother

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Noun

Over the past year, countries rushed to secure piecemeal deals; some allowed panic to overtake them; very few coordinated their actions or retaliations.

— Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
Neither country can afford to return to the prior tariff rates during the heat of tit-for-tat retaliations, which freaked out Big Tech earlier this year.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025

Definition of retaliations

Verb

Patrick Henry’s win against the Western League foe Dons avenges a 13-3 second-round playoff loss to Cathedral Catholic in the double-elimination playoffs.

— John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
Competing alongside two Americans, Roper (John Saxon) and Williams (Jim Kelly), Lee methodically dispatches Han’s henchmen and avenges his sister’s death in the process.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 20 May 2026

Definition of avenges

Noun

What starts as a petty territorial conflict mutates into a spiralling cycle of retributions, escalating from passive-aggressive jabs to acts of destruction and ruin.

— Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 21 Nov. 2025
Surveys are important, too, so workers feel safe to speak up without any retributions.

— Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025

Definition of retributions

Noun

The fresh reprisals by Iran appear to be the largest in the region since talks with the US collapsed.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Trump has repeatedly criticized Spain over the government’s refusal to commit to NATO’s target of spending 5% of gross domestic product on defense, making numerous threats of trade reprisals.

— Reuters, NBC news, 17 July 2026

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