All boomerang synonyms

verb boomerang

• return — to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
• reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
• rebound — to bound or spring back from force of impact.
• ricochet — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
• react — to act in response to an agent or influence: How did the audience react to the speech?
• recoil — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
• backlash — A backlash against a tendency or recent development in society or politics, is a sudden, strong reaction against it.
• bounce back — If you bounce back after a bad experience, you return very quickly to your previous level of success, enthusiasm, or activity.
• come back — If something that you had forgotten comes back to you, you remember it.
• kick back — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
• come home to roost — If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the past have come home to roost, or if their chickens have come home to roost, they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions.