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Synonyms for response
rɪˈspɒnsre·sponse

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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.

Princeton's WordNet1.7 / 6 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes4.0 / 2 votes

  1. responsenoun

    Synonyms:
    answer, reply, replication, REJOINDER

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. responsenoun

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

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How to use response in a sentence?

  1. Brett Doster:

    Frankly, people are tired of hearing from us on the phone. Our response rate is much better when we get people face to face.

  2. Matshidiso Moeti:

    We are working with the health authorities to implement a swift response that builds on Guinea’s past experience and expertise in managing Ebola, which is transmitted in a similar way.

  3. El Sahly:

    We do not expect that occasional or moderate amount of alcohol ingestion to affect the response to the vaccine, and we are not requesting from subjects or the general public to abstain from alcohol around vaccination time.

  4. Bruce Norval:

    There were a large number of people there today who lost family members as many as 20, 30 years ago, children who were infected with AIDS who died as babies, fathers who never got to see their children grow up, what they expected today was some sign of responsibility from the state, and I'm not surprised they were upset and angered by what is a totally inadequate response to significant evidence of bad practice and negligence throughout the NHS.

  5. Feng Hui:

    Vaccines are cheap and suitable for nationwide immunization, but older people with relatively weak immunity may not have as robust a response to vaccines as healthy adults and children.


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