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Antonyms
Etymology
1. recoil
verb. ['riːˈkɔɪl'] draw back, as with fear or pain.
Synonyms
- shrink
- quail
- cringe
- funk
- flinch
- squinch
- wince
- move
- retract
Antonyms
- cheer
- arrive
- attend
- autumnal equinox
Etymology
- reculer (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
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Rhymes with Recoil
- statoil
- guilfoil
- embroil
- britoil
- uncoil
- oleoyl
- lukoil
- gatoil
- spoil
- oboyle
- o'boyle
- croyle
- broil
- toil
- soil
- royle
- roil
- moyle
- moyl
- hoyle
- foyle
- foil
- doyle
- coyle
- coile
- boyle
- boil
Sentences with recoil
1. Noun, singular or mass
Rotate the loop back and forth until you notice the tension is set on the recoil spring.
2. Verb, base form
The calf is built to recoil.
2. recoil
noun. ['riːˈkɔɪl'] a movement back from an impact.
Synonyms
- resiliency
- resilience
- bouncing
- repercussion
- bounce
- movement
- ricochet
- motion
- carom
- backlash
Antonyms
- free
- uncertain
- unoriented
- untreated
Etymology
- reculer (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. recoil
noun. ['riːˈkɔɪl'] the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired.
Synonyms
- movement
- motion
Antonyms
- unsworn
- ascend
- rise
Etymology
- reculer (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. recoil
verb. ['riːˈkɔɪl'] spring back, as from a forceful thrust.
Synonyms
- resile
- bound
- rebound
- bounce
- kick
- ricochet
- kick back
- spring
- reverberate
Antonyms
- stay in place
- wane
- decrease
- stop
Etymology
- reculer (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. recoil
verb. ['riːˈkɔɪl'] spring back; spring away from an impact.
Synonyms
- resile
- bound
- rebound
- jump
- leap
- bounce
- kick
- skip
- ricochet
- kick back
- spring
- carom
- reverberate
- bound off
Antonyms
- drop out
- accept
- inelasticity
- clear
Etymology
- reculer (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
6. recoil
verb. ['riːˈkɔɪl'] come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect.
Synonyms
- go on
- happen
- hap
- occur
- pass off
- come about
- take place
- backfire
- fall out
- backlash
Antonyms
- unhealthy
- closing
- opening
- retreat
Etymology
- reculer (Old French (842-ca. 1400))