Hypernyms for "response"
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answer
automatism
comeback
counter
counterblast
double take
echo
electrical skin response
electrodermal response
feedback
Fere phenomenon
galvanic skin response
GSR
immune reaction
immune response
immunologic response
inborn reflex
innate reflex
instinctive reflex
kinesis
learned reaction
learned response
non sequitur
overreaction
passage
passing
physiological reaction
psychogalvanic response
reaction
rebound
reflex
reflex action
reflex response
rejoinder
replication
rescript
retort
return
riposte
Tarchanoff phenomenon
taxis
transfusion reaction
tropism
unconditioned reflex
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.