Antonyms for return the compliment
| Grammar : Verb |
Definition of return the compliment
- As in reciprocate : verb exchange, alternate; equal
- As in repay : verb get even; obtain restitution for past injustice
- As in retaliate : verb get even with someone
- As in revenge : verb retaliate for wrong, grievance
- As in exchange : verb trade
Synonyms for return the compliment
- alternate
- avenge
- bandy
- bargain
- barter
- be equivalent
- be out for blood
- buy and sell
- cash in
- castle
- change
- change hands
- commute
- contact with
- convert into
- correspond
- deal in
- defend
- displace
- even the score
- exact retribution
- feel in return
- fight back
- fix
- fix one's wagon
- flip-flop
- get
- get back at
- get even
- get revenge
- give and take
- give comeuppance
- give just desserts
- go over to
- hit back
- hook up
- horse trade
- interchange
- invert
- justify
- kick back
- link up
- make reprisal
- make up for
- market
- match
- network
- pass to
- pay
- pay back
- pay back in spades
- pay off
- pay one's dues
- punish
- rearrange
- reciprocate
- recompense
- redress
- render
- repay
- replace
- reply
- requite
- respond
- retaliate
- retort
- retrospect
- return
- return the compliment
- revenge
- reverse
- revise
- revive
- score
- scratch one's back
- seesaw
- serve out
- settle
- settle the score
- settle up
- settle with
- share
- shift
- shuffle
- shuttle
- square
- square accounts
- stick it to
- strike back
- substitute
- swap
- swap horses
- swing
- switch
- take an eye for an eye
- take revenge
- tit for tat
- trade
- traffic
- transact
- transfer
- transpose
- truck
- turn the tables
- turn the tables on
- turn upon
- vacillate
- venge
- vindicate
- wreak vengeance
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