Synonyms for response
rɪˈspɒnsre·sponse

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1. response

   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, reply, retort

   Preposition:
   An answer in writing, or by word of mouth, to the question.

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1. responsenoun

   a result

   "this situation developed in response to events in Africa"

   Synonyms:
   reaction, reply, reception, answer

2. reaction, responsenoun

   a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

   "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"

   Synonyms:
   reply, chemical reaction, reaction, reception, answer

3. 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, reply, resolution, reaction, result

4. reception, responsenoun

   the manner in which something is greeted

   "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"

   Synonyms:
   reaction, receipt, reply, reception, answer

5. responsenoun

   a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister

   Synonyms:
   reaction, reply, reception, answer

6. reply, responsenoun

   the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

   "he growled his reply"

   Synonyms:
   reaction, reply, reception, answer

7. responsenoun

   the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals

   Synonyms:
   reaction, reply, reception, answer

Matched Categories

1. • Bodily Process
   • Consequence
   • Greeting
   • Manner
   • Phrase
   • Speech Act
   • Statement

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1. responsenoun

   Synonyms:
   answer, reply, replication, REJOINDER

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1. responsenoun

   Synonyms:
   reply, answer, rejoinder, retort, repartee, antiphon, antiphone, antiphony

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1. List of paraphrases for "response":

   answer, reply, reaction, intervention, responses, respond, interventions, answers, replies, reactions, responding, responded, action, responsiveness, 'intervention, riposte, reponse, answered, svar, speech, solution, contingency

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1. Thomas Daschle:

   Solutions will not be quick. These will take a long-term committed response across the board.

2. Mark Parkinson:

   HHS has announced distribution plans for 80 percent of the $175 billion Provider Relief Fund created by the CARES Act. Health care providers, including nursing homes, will need additional resources to continue its response to the COVID pandemic heading into the cold and flu season, which provides new challenges, cOVID-19 disproportionately impacts the elderly many of whom already have preexisting health conditions and chronic diseases and the dedicated staff who care for them.

3. Malcolm Boyd:

   I believe that God prays in us and through us, whether we are praying or not (and whether we believe in God or not). So, any prayer on my part is a conscious response to what God is already doing in my life.

4. Antony Blinken:

   We’ve made clear over many, many months that we were prepared to engage with North Korea without any preconditions. The response from North Korea has been missile launch after missile launch, we have been very clear that our commitment to the security of our close allies and partners – South Korea and Japan – is ironclad. And beyond making that clear, we have been working very closely together in full coordination to take appropriate steps to strengthen even more our deterrence and defense capacity.

5. Daniel Pinkston:

   If North Korea thought they could continue their accelerated pace of weapons testing and deployment without a response, they certainly were wrong, (With) the recent North Korean behavior, and with the Foal Eagle exercise going on, I think it's a good time (to deploy).