interact

/ˌˈɪntərˌˈækt/

/ɪntəˈrækt/

Other forms: interacting; interacts; interacted

Talking, dancing, playing a game — all of these activities allow you to interact with other people. To interact means to communicate and react to the people you're involved with.

Some video games are called interactive because they are not static, like board games, but allow players to interact with them and direct the story. If you are talking about chemicals or medicines that interact, the presence of one affects the way the other works. If someone says that you interact well with children, it means you communicate well with them and they respond to you.

Definitions of interact

1. verb

   act together or towards others or with others
   “He should interact more with his colleagues”

   types:

   collude, conspire

   act in unison or agreement and in secret towards a deceitful or illegal purpose

   communicate, intercommunicate

   transmit thoughts or feelings

   reach out

   attempt to communicate

   condescend, patronise, patronize

   treat condescendingly

   communicate

   be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas

   control, keep in line, manipulate

   control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage

   transact

   conduct business

   marginalise, marginalize

   relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people

   combine

   join for a common purpose or in a common action

   have

   have a personal or business relationship with someone

   invite, pay for

   have as a guest

   socialise, socialize

   take part in social activities; interact with others

   connect, get in touch, touch base

   establish communication with someone

   assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet

   collect in one place

   relate

   have or establish a relationship to

   do by, handle, treat

   interact in a certain way

   fall all over

   display excessive love or show excessive gratitude towards

   interfere, interpose, intervene, step in

   get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

   affiliate, associate, assort, consort

   keep company with; hang out with

   philander, womanise, womanize

   have amorous affairs; of men

   grimace, make a face, pull a face

   contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state

   harmonise, harmonize

   bring (several things) into consonance or relate harmoniously

   gab, yak

   talk profusely

   finger-spell, fingerspell

   communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language

   aphorise, aphorize

   speak or write in aphorisms

   riddle

   speak in riddles

   project

   communicate vividly

   contact, get hold of, get through, reach

   be in or establish communication with

   draw out

   cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"

   bring down, impose, inflict, visit

   impose something unpleasant

   commune

   communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity

   ask, enquire, inquire

   inquire about

   telecommunicate

   communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail

   inform

   impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to

   bemock, mock

   treat with contempt

   jest, joke

   tell a joke; speak humorously

   blog

   read, write, or edit a shared online journal

   bind, hold, obligate, oblige

   bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

   greet

   send greetings to

   address, turn to

   speak to

   nod

   lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation

   stoop to

   make concessions to

   sign

   communicate in sign language

   mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize

   express in speech

   speak, talk

   exchange thoughts; talk with

   speak, talk

   use language

   gesticulate, gesture, motion

   show, express, or direct through movement

   telepathise, telepathize

   communicate nonverbally by telepathy

   write

   communicate or express by writing

   radio

   transmit messages via radio waves

   write

   communicate by letter

   network

   communicate with and within a group

   sign, signal, signalise, signalize

   communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs

   semaphore

   convey by semaphore, of information

   whistle

   utter or express by whistling

   cut, disregard, ignore, snub

   refuse to acknowledge

   give, throw

   convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture

   give, pay

   convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow

   give, render

   bestow

   carry, convey, express

   serve as a means for expressing something

   issue

   bring out an official document (such as a warrant)

   come across, come over

   communicate the intended meaning or impression

   share

   communicate

   get

   communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone

   message

   send a message

   aggroup, group

   form a group or group together

   tease

   arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them

   handle

   show and train

   ingratiate

   gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts

   meet

   meet by design; be present at the arrival of

   congregate

   come together, usually for a purpose

   hive

   move together in a hive or as if in a hive

   fort, fort up

   gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense

   convene

   meet formally

   clump, cluster, constellate, flock

   come together as in a cluster or flock

   crowd, crowd together

   to gather together in large numbers

   converge

   move or draw together at a certain location

   deal, sell, trade

   do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood

   turn over

   do business worth a certain amount of money

   bank

   do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank

   summate

   form or constitute a cumulative effect

   connect

   establish a rapport or relationship

   get around, swing

   be a social swinger; socialize a lot

   fraternise, fraternize

   be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy

   hobnob

   rub elbows with

   turn out

   come and gather for a public event

   caucus

   meet to select a candidate or promote a policy

   ally

   become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage

   disrespect

   show a lack of respect for

   mesh

   work together in harmony

   take back

   resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband

   get along, get along with, get on, get on with

   have smooth relations

   date, go out, go steady, see

   date regularly; have a steady relationship with

   entertain

   provide entertainment for

   wrong

   treat unjustly; do wrong to

   handle with kid gloves

   handle with great care and sensitivity

   criminalize

   treat as a criminal

   nurse

   treat carefully

   strong-arm

   handle roughly

   ride roughshod, run roughshod

   treat inconsiderately or harshly

   upstage

   treat snobbishly, put in one's place

   rough-house

   treat in a rough or boisterous manner

   brutalise, brutalize

   treat brutally

   do well by

   treat with respect and consideration

   gloss over, skate over, skimp over, slur over, smooth over

   treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly

   abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step

   treat badly

   attach, bind, bond, tie

   create social or emotional ties

   meddle, tamper

   intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly

   baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil

   treat with excessive indulgence

   interlope

   encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license

   club

   gather and spend time together

   accompany, companion, company, keep company

   be a companion to somebody

   wax

   write or speak in a specified manner

   type of:

   act, move

   perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)