Synonyms and antonyms of Revenge in American Thesaurus

revenge (noun)

something that you do to hurt or punish someone because they have hurt you or someone else

vengeance (noun)

the act of harming or killing someone because they have done something bad to you

retribution (noun)

punishment that someone deserves because they have done something very bad

retaliation (noun)

the act of doing something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you

reprisal (noun)

something unpleasant that is done to punish an enemy or opponent because of something bad that they have done to you

counterattack (noun)

an attack against someone who has just attacked you in a war, game, or argument

payback (noun)

a bad or unpleasant thing that someone does to you after you have done something bad or unpleasant to them

vendetta (noun)

a situation in which one group or family tries to kill or harm another because of harm that the other group did to them previously, especially when this continues for a long time

comeback (noun)

British a way of making someone accept responsibility for something bad they have done to you

turnabout is fair play ()

used for saying that it is fair to do something unpleasant to someone who has done something unpleasant to you

an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) ()

the idea that someone who has harmed another person should be punished by having the same thing done to them

revenge (noun)

relating to or done in revenge

tit for tat (noun)

informal something that you do to harm someone because they have harmed you

two wrongs don’t make a right ()

used for saying that you should not react to someone’s wrong behavior by doing something wrong yourself