reflex

reflex is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective, noun, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.
2. adjective. Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return.
3. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness.
4. noun. Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
5. noun. An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.
6. transitive verb. To reflect.
7. transitive verb. To bend back; to turn back.
8. noun. an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
9. adjective. without volition or conscious control

   "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"

   "a reflex knee jerk"

   Synonyms: automatic, reflexive

Synonyms

automatic, reflexive

Common word forms

reflexed, reflexes, reflexly, reflexing, reflexness

Words from these letters

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