Avenge

//əˈvɛnd͡ʒ//

Synonyms for "avenge" (42 found)

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Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

8 entries

distinct from

1 entries

related to

7 entries

Translations

128 translations across 59 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • اِنْتَقَمَ verb (to take vengeance for)

Armenian

1 entries
  • վրեժ լուծել verb (to take vengeance for)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • arãzgan verb (to take vengeance for)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • адпо́мсціць verb (to take vengeance for)
  • мсціць verb (to take vengeance for)
  • по́мсціць verb (to take vengeance for)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • мъстя́ verb (to take vengeance for)
  • отмъстя́ verb (to take vengeance for)
  • отмъща́вам verb (to take vengeance for)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ကလဲ့စားချေ verb (to take vengeance for)
  • လက်စားချေ verb (to take vengeance for)

Catalan

1 entries
  • venjar verb (to take vengeance for)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 報仇 /报仇 verb (to take vengeance for)
  • 復仇 /复仇 verb (to take vengeance for)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • мьстити verb (to take vengeance for)

Cornish

1 entries
  • diala verb (to take vengeance for)

Czech

2 entries
  • mstít se verb (to take vengeance for)
  • pomstít se verb (to take vengeance for)

Danish

2 entries
  • hævne verb (to take vengeance for)
  • hævne seg verb (to take vengeance for)

Dutch

2 entries
  • wraak nemen verb (to take vengeance for)
  • wreken verb (to take vengeance for)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kätte maksma verb (to take vengeance for)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kostaa verb (to take vengeance for)
  • kostaa verb (to treat revengefully)

French

2 entries
  • se venger verb (to take vengeance for)
  • venger verb (to take vengeance for)

Friulian

1 entries
  • svindicâ verb (to take vengeance for)

Galician

1 entries
  • vingar verb (to take vengeance for)

Georgian

1 entries
  • შურისძიება verb (to take vengeance for)

German

2 entries
  • ahnden verb (to take vengeance for)
  • rächen verb (to take vengeance for)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 verb (to take vengeance for)
  • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 verb (to take vengeance for)

Greek

1 entries
  • εκδικούμαι verb (to take vengeance for)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • balus verb (to take vengeance for)

Hindi

2 entries
  • दण्ड देना verb (to take vengeance for)
  • बदला लेना verb (to take vengeance for)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • megbosszul verb (to take vengeance for)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hefna verb (to take vengeance for)

Irish

2 entries
  • díoltas a imirt ar verb (to take vengeance for)
  • éiric a bhaint amach i/de verb (to take vengeance for)

Italian

1 entries
  • vendicare verb (to take vengeance for)

Japanese

4 entries
  • あだを討つ verb (to take vengeance for)
  • かたきを討つ verb (to take vengeance for)
  • 報復する verb (to take vengeance for)
  • 復讐する verb (to take vengeance for)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • чербира́ра verb (to take vengeance for)

Korean

2 entries
  • 보복하다 verb (to take vengeance for)
  • 복수하다 verb (to take vengeance for)

Lao

1 entries
  • ແກ້ແຄ້ນ verb (to take vengeance for)

Latin

4 entries
  • persequor verb (to take vengeance for)
  • persequor verb (to treat revengefully)
  • punio verb (to treat revengefully)
  • pūniō verb (to take vengeance for)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • одмазди verb (to take vengeance for)
  • одмаздува verb (to take vengeance for)

Māori

4 entries
  • hiku toto verb (to take vengeance for)
  • huki verb (to take vengeance for)
  • huki toto verb (to take vengeance for)
  • ngaki verb (to take vengeance for)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • hevne verb (to take vengeance for)
  • hevne seg verb (to take vengeance for)

Occitan

1 entries
  • venjar verb (to take vengeance for)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • маст исын verb (to take vengeance for)

Persian

1 entries
  • انتقام گرفتن verb (to take vengeance for)

Polish

4 entries
  • mścić się verb (to take vengeance for)
  • mścić się verb (to treat revengefully)
  • pomścić się verb (to take vengeance for)
  • pomścić się verb (to treat revengefully)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • vingar verb (to take vengeance for)
  • vingar verb (to treat revengefully)

Romanian

2 entries
  • răzbuna verb (to take vengeance for)
  • răzbuna verb (to treat revengefully)

Russian

4 entries
  • мсти́ть verb (to take vengeance for)
  • мсти́ть verb (to treat revengefully)
  • отомсти́ть verb (to take vengeance for)
  • отомсти́ть verb (to treat revengefully)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • dìol verb (to take vengeance for)
  • dìol verb (to treat revengefully)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • osvećívati se verb (to take vengeance for)
  • osvétiti se verb (to take vengeance for)
  • осве́тити се verb (to take vengeance for)
  • освећи́вати се verb (to take vengeance for)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • minnicari verb (to take vengeance for)
  • vinnicari verb (to take vengeance for)

Slovak

2 entries
  • mstiť sa verb (to take vengeance for)
  • pomstiť sa verb (to take vengeance for)

Slovene

1 entries
  • maščevati se verb (to take vengeance for)

Spanish

1 entries
  • vengar verb (to take vengeance for)

Swedish

1 entries
  • hämnas verb (to take vengeance for)

Tajik

2 entries
  • интиқом гирифтан verb (to take vengeance for)
  • қасос гирифтан verb (to take vengeance for)

Tamil

4 entries
  • பழிதீர் verb (to take vengeance for)
  • பழிதீர் verb (to treat revengefully)
  • பழிவாங்கு verb (to take vengeance for)
  • பழிவாங்கு verb (to treat revengefully)

Thai

2 entries
  • ล้างแค้น verb (to take vengeance for)
  • แก้แค้น verb (to take vengeance for)

Turkish

2 entries
  • intikam almak verb (to take vengeance for)
  • öç almak verb (to take vengeance for)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • відомсти́ти verb (to take vengeance for)
  • відомща́ти verb (to take vengeance for)
  • відімсти́ти verb (to take vengeance for)
  • мсти́ти verb (to take vengeance for)

Venetan

2 entries
  • vendegar verb (to take vengeance for)
  • vendicar verb (to take vengeance for)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • phục thù verb (to take vengeance for)
  • trả thù verb (to take vengeance for)

Walloon

4 entries
  • raveur verb (to take vengeance for)
  • rawè verb (to take vengeance for)
  • rivindjî verb (to take vengeance for)
  • vindjî verb (to take vengeance for)

Welsh

1 entries
  • dial am verb (to take vengeance for)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He will avenge the people on their oppressor.

Source: tatoeba (302435)

They determined to avenge their father's death on their uncle.

Source: tatoeba (305536)

Who will avenge the death of Karl?

Source: tatoeba (410309)

He killed him to avenge his dead father.

Source: tatoeba (867549)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.