tit for tat

• POS: Noun Phrase

THESAURUS

tit for tat

agency, alternation, balance, ballast, battledore and shuttlecock, blow for blow, change, coaction, commutation, complementary distribution, concurrence, consideration, cooperation, counterbalance, counterchange, counterpoise, counterweight, cross fire, delegation, deputation, deputyship, displacement, engagement, equipoise, equivalent, exchange, give-and-take, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercourse, interlacing, intermeshing, intermutation, interplay, intertwining, interweaving, interworking, law of retaliation, lex talionis, like for like, makeweight, measure for measure, mesh, meshing, mutual admiration, mutual support, mutual transfer, mutuality, offset, permutation, power of attorney, quid pro quo, reciprocality, reciprocation, reciprocity, replacement, representation, retaliation, seesaw, setoff, something for something, something in return, something of value, subrogation, substitution, supersedence, superseding, supersedure, supersession, supplantation, supplanting, supplantment, switch, talion, transposal, transposition, vicariousness

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tit for tat

Retaliation

N retaliation, reprisal, retort, payback, counter- stroke, counter-blast, counterplot, counter-project, retribution, lex talionis, reciprocation, tit for tat, give and take, blow for blow, quid pro quo, a Roland for an Oliver, measure for measure, diamond cut diamond, the biter bit, a game at which two can play, reproof valiant, retort courteous, recrimination, revenge, compensation, reaction, retaliating, retaliatory, retaliative, talionic, in retaliation, en revanche, mutato nomine de te fabula narratur, par pari refero, tu quoque, you too, you're another, suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo, a beau jeu beau retour, litem _ç, lite resolvit.

Interchange

N interchange, exchange, commutation, permutation, intermutation, reciprocation, transposition, rearrangement, shuffling, alternation, reciprocity, castling (at chess), hocus-pocus, interchangeableness, interchangeability, recombination, combination, barter, tit for tat, cross fire, battledore and shuttlecock, quid pro quo, interchanged, reciprocal, mutual, commutative, interchangeable, intercurrent, combinatorial, recombinant, in exchange, vice versa, mutatis mutandis, backwards and forwards, by turns, turn and turn about, each in his turn, everyone in his turn.