Sami didn't reciprocate the same amount of emotional connection that Layla was giving him.
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Reciprocate
//ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt//
Synonyms for "reciprocate" (136 found)
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Related words (68)
harmonizeharmonize withhit back athit it offhitch and hikehold togetherhook upidentify withinterchangejoinjoin injoin togetherkeep togetherleagueleague togetherlogrollmake common causematchmergepartner
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pass and repasspay backpermuteplay ballpull togetherput heads togetherreactrecompenserepayrequiterespondrespond toretaliateretortreturnreturn the complimentride and tieseesawshuttleshuttlecocksing in chorusstand togetherstrike backswapswingswitchsympathizesympathize withteam upteeterteeter totterteeter-totterthrow in togethertie intie upto-and-frotradetransposeturn the tablesunderstand one anotheruniteunite effortswax and wanewibble-wabblewigwagwork togetherzigzag
Verb(1 words)
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13 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- بَادَلَ verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
- تَبَادَلَ verb (to give something in response)
- رَدَّ verb (to give something in response)
Bulgarian
3 entries- отвръщам verb (to counter, retort or retaliate)
- отплащам се verb (to give something in response)
- разменям verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 回報 /回报 verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
- 報答 /报答 verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
- 報答 /报答 verb (to give something in response)
- 往復 /往复 verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
Czech
3 entries- oplatit verb (to give something in response)
- oplácet verb (to give something in response)
- opětovat verb (to give something in response)
Dutch
1 entries- beantwoorden verb (to give something in response)
Finnish
4 entries- antaa vastalahja verb (to give something in response)
- kiertää verb (to move backwards and forwards, like a piston)
- liikkua edestakaisin verb (to move backwards and forwards, like a piston)
- vaihtaa verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
French
3 entries- donner en retour verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
- rendre la pareille verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
- réciproquer verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
German
2 entries- erwidern verb (to give something in response)
- erwidern verb (to counter, retort or retaliate)
Hungarian
2 entries- ide-oda/előre-hátra mozog/jár/leng verb (to move backwards and forwards, like a piston)
- viszonoz verb (to give something in response)
Italian
1 entries- reciprocare verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
Japanese
2 entries- 交換する verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
- 返す verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
Māori
1 entries- kōkeke verb (to move backwards and forwards, like a piston)
Portuguese
4 entries- alternar verb (to move backwards and forwards, like a piston)
- devolver verb (to counter, retort or retaliate)
- reciprocar verb (to mutually give and take something; to interchange)
- retribuir verb (to give something in response)
Russian
4 entries- вернуться verb (to give something in response)
- возвращаться verb (to give something in response)
- воздавать verb (to give something in response)
- воздать verb (to give something in response)
Spanish
1 entries- recompensar verb (to give something in response)
Swedish
1 entries- återgälda verb (to give something in response)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Ziri wasn't able to reciprocate Rima's feelings.
Source: tatoeba (10798548)
He doesn't reciprocate my feelings.
Source: tatoeba (11407285)
Edmundo doesn’t reciprocate Rima’s feelings.
Source: tatoeba (11753770)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.