Revenge

//ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ//

Synonyms for "revenge" (75 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (15)

Verb(1 words)
avenge

Strong matches (23)

Related words (37)

Verb(1 words)
retaliate

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More general

6 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

9 entries

capable of

2 entries

causes desire

2 entries

derived

24 entries

Showing 16 of 24 words.

etymologically related_to

2 entries

has context

1 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

2 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

15 entries

Translations

264 translations across 99 languages.

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Albanian

3 entries
  • gjakmarrje noun (retaliatory action)
  • hakmarrje noun (retaliatory action)
  • LA verb (to take one's revenge on someone)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἐκδίκησις noun (retaliatory action)

Arabic

4 entries
  • انتقام noun (retaliatory action)
  • انتقام noun (retaliatory action)
  • اِنْتِقَام noun (retaliatory action)
  • تار noun (retaliatory action)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ոխ noun (retaliatory action)
  • վրեժ noun (retaliatory action)
  • քեն noun (retaliatory action)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • ahti noun (retaliatory action)
  • arãzgan noun (retaliatory action)

Assamese

3 entries
  • পোটক noun (retaliatory action)
  • প্ৰতিশোধ noun (retaliatory action)
  • সেকা noun (retaliatory action)

Asturian

1 entries
  • venganza noun (retaliatory action)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • intiqam noun (retaliatory action)
  • qisas noun (retaliatory action)
  • öc noun (retaliatory action)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • ҡон noun (retaliatory action)
  • үс noun (retaliatory action)

Basque

1 entries
  • mendeku noun (retaliatory action)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • по́мста noun (retaliatory action)
  • адпо́мсціць verb (to take one's revenge on someone)
  • адпо́мсціць verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • адпо́мсціць verb (to take revenge on an actor)

Bengali

1 entries
  • প্ৰতিশোধ noun (retaliatory action)

Bikol Central

3 entries
  • balos verb (to take one's revenge on someone)
  • balos verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • balos verb (to take revenge on an actor)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • мъст noun (retaliatory action)
  • отмъще́ние noun (retaliatory action)
  • мъстя́ verb (to take one's revenge on someone)
  • мъстя́ verb (to take revenge for an action)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ကလဲ့စားချေ verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • လက်စားချေ verb (to take revenge for an action)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • пімста noun (retaliatory action)

Catalan

4 entries
  • revenja noun (retaliatory action)
  • venjança noun (retaliatory action)
  • revenjar-se verb (to take one's revenge on someone)
  • revenjar-se verb (to take revenge for an action)

Chechen

1 entries
  • бехкам noun (retaliatory action)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏞᎢᏍᏗ noun (retaliatory action)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 報仇 /报仇 noun (retaliatory action)
  • 報復 /报复 noun (retaliatory action)
  • 復仇 /复仇 noun (retaliatory action)
  • 報仇 /报仇 verb (to take revenge for an action)

Church Slavic

2 entries
  • мьсть noun (retaliatory action)
  • мьстити verb (to take revenge for an action)

Czech

4 entries
  • odplata noun (retaliatory action)
  • pomsta noun (retaliatory action)
  • mstít se verb (to take one's revenge on someone)
  • mstít se verb (to take revenge for an action)

Danish

4 entries
  • hævn noun (retaliatory action)
  • hævne verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • hævne seg verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • hævne sig verb (to take one's revenge on someone)

Dari

1 entries
  • اِنْتِقَام noun (retaliatory action)

Dutch

2 entries
  • wraak noun (retaliatory action)
  • wreken verb (to take revenge for an action)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • venĝo noun (retaliatory action)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kättemaks noun (retaliatory action)

Faroese

1 entries
  • hevnd noun (retaliatory action)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kosto noun (retaliatory action)
  • kostaa verb (to take revenge for an action)

French

4 entries
  • revanche noun (retaliatory action)
  • vengeance noun (retaliatory action)
  • se venger (de quelqu'un) verb (to take one's revenge on someone)
  • venger verb (to take revenge for an action)

Galician

4 entries
  • vendecha noun (retaliatory action)
  • vendeita noun (retaliatory action)
  • vinga noun (retaliatory action)
  • vinganza noun (retaliatory action)

Georgian

2 entries
  • შურისგება noun (retaliatory action)
  • შურისძიება noun (retaliatory action)

German

2 entries
  • Rache noun (retaliatory action)
  • rächen verb (to take revenge for an action)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄 noun (retaliatory action)

Greek

3 entries
  • εκδίκηση noun (retaliatory action)
  • εκδικούμαι verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • εκδικούμαι verb (to take revenge on an actor)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • נְקָמָה noun (retaliatory action)

Hindi

4 entries
  • इंतक़ाम noun (retaliatory action)
  • इंतिक़ाम noun (retaliatory action)
  • बदला noun (retaliatory action)
  • दण्ड देना verb (to take revenge for an action)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • bosszú noun (retaliatory action)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • hefnd noun (retaliatory action)

Ido

1 entries
  • venjo noun (retaliatory action)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • balas dendam noun (retaliatory action)
  • pembalasan noun (retaliatory action)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • اِنْتِقام noun (retaliatory action)

Irish

3 entries
  • díoltas noun (retaliatory action)
  • sásamh noun (retaliatory action)
  • imir díoltas ar verb (to take revenge on an actor)

Italian

4 entries
  • ritorsione noun (retaliatory action)
  • rivalsa noun (retaliatory action)
  • rivincita noun (retaliatory action)
  • vendetta noun (retaliatory action)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 報復 noun (retaliatory action)
  • 復讐 noun (retaliatory action)
  • 報復する verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • 復讐する verb (to take revenge for an action)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • ablas noun (retaliatory action)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • кек noun (retaliatory action)
  • өш noun (retaliatory action)

Korean

4 entries
  • 보복 noun (retaliatory action)
  • 복수 noun (retaliatory action)
  • 보복하다 verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • 복수하다 verb (to take revenge for an action)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кек noun (retaliatory action)

Lao

3 entries
  • ອາຄາດ noun (retaliatory action)
  • ແກ້ແຄ້ນ verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • ແກ້ແຄ້ນ verb (to take revenge on an actor)

Latin

2 entries
  • ultiō noun (retaliatory action)
  • vindicta noun (retaliatory action)

Latvian

2 entries
  • atriebe noun (retaliatory action)
  • atriebība noun (retaliatory action)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kerštas noun (retaliatory action)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • pomsć noun (retaliatory action)
  • pomsćenje noun (retaliatory action)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • одмазда noun (retaliatory action)
  • одмазди verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • одмазди verb (to take revenge on an actor)
  • одмаздува verb (to take revenge for an action)

Malay

1 entries
  • dendam noun (retaliatory action)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • പ്രതികാരം noun (retaliatory action)
  • പകവീട്ടുക verb (to take one's revenge on someone)
  • പകവീട്ടുക verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • പ്രതികാരം ചെയ്യുക verb (to take one's revenge on someone)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • uliv̄a kiswa verb (to take one's revenge on someone)

Marathi

1 entries
  • सूड noun (retaliatory action)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • өс noun (retaliatory action)
  • өс авах verb (to take one's revenge on someone)

Māori

2 entries
  • ngakinga noun (retaliatory action)
  • uto noun (retaliatory action)

Norman

1 entries
  • r'venge noun (retaliatory action)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • tol noun (retaliatory action)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • hevn noun (retaliatory action)
  • hevne verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • hevne seg verb (to take revenge for an action)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • hemn noun (retaliatory action)

Occitan

1 entries
  • revenja noun (retaliatory action)

Old English

1 entries
  • wracu noun (retaliatory action)

Old French

2 entries
  • justise noun (retaliatory action)
  • venjance noun (retaliatory action)

Old High German

1 entries
  • rāhha noun (retaliatory action)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • маст исын noun (retaliatory action)

Pashto

1 entries
  • انتقام noun (retaliatory action)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • Raache noun (retaliatory action)

Persian

1 entries
  • انتقام گرفتن verb (to take revenge for an action)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Rach noun (retaliatory action)

Polish

4 entries
  • odwet noun (retaliatory action)
  • pomsta noun (retaliatory action)
  • zemsta noun (retaliatory action)
  • mścić się verb (to take revenge for an action)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • vingança noun (retaliatory action)
  • vingar verb (to take revenge on an actor)
  • vingar-se verb (to take revenge for an action)

Romanian

3 entries
  • răzbunare noun (retaliatory action)
  • răzbuna verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • răzbuna verb (to take revenge on an actor)

Russian

4 entries
  • воздая́ние noun (retaliatory action)
  • месть noun (retaliatory action)
  • мще́ние noun (retaliatory action)
  • отмще́ние noun (retaliatory action)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • dìoghaltas noun (retaliatory action)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • òdmazda noun (retaliatory action)
  • ȍsveta noun (retaliatory action)
  • о̀дмазда noun (retaliatory action)
  • о̏света noun (retaliatory action)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • بدلو noun (retaliatory action)

Slovak

3 entries
  • pomsta noun (retaliatory action)
  • mstiť sa verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • pomstiť sa verb (to take revenge for an action)

Slovene

2 entries
  • maščevanje noun (retaliatory action)
  • maščevati se verb (to take revenge for an action)

Spanish

1 entries
  • venganza noun (retaliatory action)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kisasi noun (retaliatory action)

Swedish

2 entries
  • hämnd noun (retaliatory action)
  • hämnas verb (to take revenge for an action)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • paghihiganti noun (retaliatory action)
  • resbak noun (retaliatory action)
  • maghiganti verb (to take one's revenge on someone)

Tajik

3 entries
  • интиқом noun (retaliatory action)
  • интиқом гирифтан verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • қасос гирифтан verb (to take revenge for an action)

Tatar

1 entries
  • үч noun (retaliatory action)

Thai

4 entries
  • การล้างแค้น noun (retaliatory action)
  • การเอาคืน noun (retaliatory action)
  • การแก้แค้น noun (retaliatory action)
  • แก้แค้น verb (to take revenge for an action)

Turkish

4 entries
  • intikam noun (retaliatory action)
  • öç noun (retaliatory action)
  • birinden intikamını almak verb (to take one's revenge on someone)
  • intikan verb (to take one's revenge on someone)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • по́мста noun (retaliatory action)
  • відомсти́ти verb (to take one's revenge on someone)
  • відомсти́ти verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • відомща́ти verb (to take one's revenge on someone)

Urdu

2 entries
  • اِنْتِقام noun (retaliatory action)
  • بَدْلَہ noun (retaliatory action)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئىنتىقام noun (retaliatory action)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • intiqom noun (retaliatory action)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • sự trả thù noun (retaliatory action)
  • phục thù verb (to take revenge for an action)
  • trả thù verb (to take revenge for an action)

Walloon

1 entries
  • rivindje noun (retaliatory action)

Welsh

3 entries
  • dial noun (retaliatory action)
  • dialedd noun (retaliatory action)
  • dialon noun (retaliatory action)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • נקמה noun (retaliatory action)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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We'll give you your revenge.

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I got a little revenge on him.

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The officer seemed to be afraid of their revenge.

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I'll take my revenge on him at all costs tomorrow.

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