Recoil Synonyms and Antonyms

rĭ-koil
To jerk backward, as a gun upon firing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. rebound
To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. flinch
  2. quail
  3. wince
  4. cringe
  5. shrink
  6. blench
  7. retreat
  8. blink
  9. dodge
  10. withdraw
  11. start
  12. shy
  13. rebound
  14. reverberate
  15. turn-away
  16. shrink from
  17. draw back
  18. step-back
  19. pull back
  20. start back
  21. backlash
  22. demur
  23. shirk
  24. bounce
  25. falter
  26. jerk
  27. kick
  28. swerve
  29. resile
  30. squinch
  31. react
  32. duck
  33. take a hop
  34. reecho
  35. funk
  36. spring
  37. reverse
  38. bound
  39. ricochet
Antonyms:
  1. meet
  2. face
Spring back, as from a forceful thrust
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. kick-back
  2. backfire
  3. backlash
  4. kick
An act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rebound
  2. cringe
  3. boomerang
  4. flinch
  5. kickback
  6. repercussion
  7. kick
  8. shrink
  9. reaction
  10. wince
  11. return
  12. reverberation
  13. backlash

Words Related to Recoil

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Recoil Sentence Examples

  • Sofia forced herself not to recoil, afraid to touch anyone.

  • Anything different doesn't seem as human to us and we instinctively recoil from it.

  • Stretching too far can cause your muscles to recoil and contract, to keep from being injured.

  • A bird when swimming extends its feet simultaneously or alternately in a backward direction, and so obtains a forward recoil.

  • It should smite the air intelligently and as a master, and its vigorous well-directed thrusts should in every instance elicit an upward and forward recoil.

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