| React 1. (v. t.) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome. 2. (v. i.) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state. 3. (v. i.) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more chemical agents; to act in opposition. Thesaurus Entries acknowledge, act, answer, answer back, be affected, be in tune, be inspired, be involved, be moved, behave, care about, catch the flame, catch the infection, change color, color with emotion, come back, come back at, dig, echo, empathize with, flash back, function, give acknowledgment, give answer, identify with, operate, perform, proceed, reciprocate, recur, reecho, rejoin, relate to emotionally, renovate, reply, respond, retaliate, retort, return, return answer, return for answer, reverberate, revert, riposte, say, say in reply, share, shoot back, snap back, sympathize with, take, take the bait, talk back, turn, turn back, work |