Synonyms for reply
rɪˈplaɪre·p·ly

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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.

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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

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1. 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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1. replyverb

   Synonyms:
   ANSWER, respond, REJOIN

2. replynoun

   Synonyms:
   answer, response, replication, REJOINDER

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1. replynoun

   Synonyms:
   answer, response, rejoinder, retort, repartee

2. replyverb

   Synonyms:
   answer, respond, rejoin, retort

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1. List of paraphrases for "reply":

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

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1. County Commissioner Hausmann:

   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.

2. Arabella Arkwright:

   The man with the baby … went over and talked to the Frenchman and the Frenchman did n’t reply, he just smiled and smirked and then whacked this guy on the left side of his face.

3. Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molire:

   A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

4. Raymond Smullyan:

   Because I have been a magician for many years, people have often asked me whether I ever have sawn a woman in half. I reply, Oh, yes I've sawn over seventy women in half in my lifetime, and I'm learning the second half of the trick now.

5. 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.