Synonyms & related words for reprisal

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of reprisal — including retaliation, retribution, vengeance, revenge, revanche, requital. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to reprisal

Explore words related to reprisal — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include retorsion, retortion, retaliatory, talion, retaliative, retaliate, retributory, unrevenged. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for reprisal

Common synonyms for reprisal include retaliation, retribution, vengeance, revenge, revanche, requital, vendetta, comeuppance — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does reprisal come from?

The word reprisal breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: re-, from Latin re (“back”); and -pris, from Latin prehendo (“grasp, seize”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.