Better word for reply

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. replyverb

   Synonyms:
   follow up, comeback, get back to, answer back, respond, revert, counter, retort, react, answer, rejoin, reaction, riposte, return, rejoinder, response, account

2. replyverb

   To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.

   Synonyms:
   counter, return, react, get back to, answer, answer back, respond, rejoin, revert, follow up, retort, response, reaction, account, comeback, rejoinder, riposte

3. replyverb

   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, reaction

4. replyverb

   To repeat something back; to echo.

   Synonyms:
   react, counter, answer, retort, get back to, return, rejoin, follow up, answer back, respond, revert

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. 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, retort

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. replyverb

   Synonyms:
   replicate, answer, respond, rejoin

   Antonyms:
   ignore, drop, pretermit, pass, disregard

2. replynoun

   Synonyms:
   answer, rejoinder, response, replication

   Antonyms:
   pass by, ignoring

Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. 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, result

2. reply, responseverb

   the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

   «he growled his reply»

   Synonyms:
   response, reaction, reception, answer

3. 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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for «reply»:

   response, answer, respond, replica, replies, rebuttal, responding, responses, answered, answers, reaction, answering, svar, replied

How to pronounce reply?

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How to use reply in a sentence?

1. Mou Jiani:

   In the last few weeks more people have contacted me on messaging apps Weibo and WeChat than I have time to reply to.

2. Matthias Wehler:

   The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy has indeed received a letter ; there is no comment on its content from their side. There will be a quick reply.

3. William Duggan:

   It was a quick reply of basically, ‘No, I’m not OK, I just f—king killed somebody,’.

4. Francois de La Rochefoucauld:

   To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

5. Mary Steward:

   I apologized to Edgar for the way I was, but his reply was, ‘You’re worth it, Mary,’ he completely supported my decision.

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