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Synonyms for reply
rɪˈplaɪre·p·ly
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replyverb
Synonyms:
follow up, comeback, get back to, answer back, respond, revert, counter, retort, react, answer, rejoin, reaction, riposte, return, rejoinder, response, accountreplyverb
To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
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counter, return, react, get back to, answer, answer back, respond, rejoin, revert, follow up, retort, response, reaction, account, comeback, rejoinder, ripostereplyverb
Something given in reply.
Johnabella replied to Partario's insult with a slap to his face.
Synonyms:
answer, retort, answer back, rejoinder, get back to, revert, rejoin, counter, respond, return, follow up, react, account, response, comeback, riposte, reactionreplyverb
To repeat something back; to echo.
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react, counter, answer, retort, get back to, return, rejoin, follow up, answer back, respond, revert
English Synonyms and Antonyms
reply
A verbal answer is a return of words to something that seems to call for them, and is made to a charge as well as to a question; an answer may be even made to an unspoken implication or manifestation; see Luke v, 22. In a wider sense, anything said or done in return for some word, action, or suggestion of another may be called an answer. The blow of an enraged man, the whinny of a horse, the howling of the wind, the movement of a bolt in a lock, an echo, etc., may each be an answer to some word or movement. A reply is an unfolding, and ordinarily implies thought and intelligence. A rejoinder is strictly an answer to a reply, tho often used in the general sense of answer, but always with the implication of something more or less controversial or opposed, tho lacking the conclusiveness implied in answer; an answer, in the full sense, to a charge, an argument, or an objection is adequate, and finally refutes and disposes of it; a reply or rejoinder may be quite inadequate, so that one may say, "This reply is not an answer;" "I am ready with an answer" means far more than "I am ready with a reply." A response is accordant or harmonious, designed or adapted to carry on the thought of the words that called it forth, as the responses in a liturgical service, or to meet the wish of him who seeks it; as, the appeal for aid met a prompt and hearty response. Repartee is a prompt, witty, and commonly good-natured answer to some argument or attack; a retort may also be witty, but is severe and may be even savage in its intensity.
Synonyms:
answer, rejoinder, repartee, response, retortPreposition:
An answer in writing, or by word of mouth, to the question.
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Princeton's WordNet
answer, reply, responsenoun
a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
"I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"
Synonyms:
solvent, reception, answer, solution, response, resolution, reaction, resultreply, responseverb
the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
"he growled his reply"
answer, reply, respondverb
react verbally
"She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
Synonyms:
respond, answer, serve, react, do, suffice, resolve
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Editors Contribution
answer backverb
to hear back from someone or something
she waited patiently for them to answer back.
Submitted by bbc4081 on March 18, 2023
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#47 | do | |
#357 | return | |
#361 | account | |
#403 | reply | |
#611 | result | |
#955 | response | |
#1091 | solution | |
#1251 | answer | |
#1488 | resolution | |
#1636 | answers | |
#1966 | replies | |
#2202 | serve | |
#2277 | counter | |
#3206 | responses | |
#3224 | respond | |
#3960 | reaction | |
#4989 | reception | |
#5262 | answered | |
#5981 | resolve | |
#7371 | replica | |
#7617 | replied | |
#8325 | responding | |
#8476 | answering | |
#9816 | replication | |
#11376 | react | |
#13575 | solvent | |
#18370 | comeback | |
#20021 | revert | |
#20502 | replicate | |
#20545 | suffice | |
#31523 | rebuttal | |
#44630 | retort | |
#49630 | rejoin | |
#84628 | rejoinder | |
#87589 | repartee | |
#88877 | svar | |
#109967 | riposte |
How to use reply in a sentence?
I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.
He said that he’ll entertain (it), he was up front with us about that. I had Coach Harbaugh speak to my pastor. They had a good conversation. Our pastor asked him about that, and that’s just that’s the (reply) that he gave him.
I'll tell you where the biggest breakdown was, in my opinion, was how long it took us to process the absentee ballot applications, folks had gotten those application request forms six to eight weeks ago. And so when they weren't getting a response, and they couldn't find out what had happened to their request, they didn't have faith that they could reply in time if they even got it.
We don't tell them how often or when, on a random basis they have to reply within 15 minutes.
The agenda is always set by the sitting prime minister and everybody has to reply in kind.
Translations for reply
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- رد, إجابة, جواب, أجابArabic
- odpovědět, odpověď, odepsatCzech
- atebWelsh
- genmæle, svare, besvare, besvarelse, svarDanish
- Entgegnung, antworten, erwidern, AntwortGerman
- απαντώGreek
- respondiEsperanto
- repetir, responder, respuestaSpanish
- جوابPersian
- vastaus, palauttaa, vastataFinnish
- réponse, répondreFrench
- freagairt, freagairIrish
- freagair, freagairtScottish Gaelic
- freggyrt, freggyrManx
- उत्तर देना, जवाब, जवाब देनाHindi
- válaszol, felelHungarian
- պատասխանArmenian
- risposta, rispondere, replicaItalian
- 答える, 答え, 返事, 返答, 回答, 返信Japanese
- 대답Korean
- وهڵام, وهڵام دانKurdish
- respondeōLatin
- urupareMāori
- одговара, одговорMacedonian
- antwoorden, respons, beantwoorden, antwoordDutch
- svar, svareNorwegian
- odpowiadać, odpowiedziećPolish
- responder, resposta, repetirPortuguese
- răspundeRomanian
- отвечать, ответ, ответитьRussian
- svara, besvaraSwedish
- жавобTajik
- розповідати, розповістиUkrainian
- جواب, جواب دیناUrdu
- trả lời, hồi âm, hồi đápVietnamese
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