reacting Get Printable Handwriting Rhymes Learn It! Spelling Test Definition verb. to act or behave in response Example Sentence He was reacting to the nuts because he was allergic to them. Synonyms respond; reply; answer; retaliate Antonyms initiate; cause Rhymes Two Syllable Rhymes (1) acting Three Syllable Rhymes (11) attracting detracting distracting enacting exacting extracting impacting reacting redacting retracting subtracting Four Syllable Rhymes (3) counteracting interacting subcontracting Share with your friends: