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Synonyms and Antonyms of ANSWER

to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction <didn't answer right away when the detective asked him where he'd been for the last three hours>

Synonyms come back, rejoin, reply, respond, retort, return, riposte

Related Words acknowledge, comment, communicate, correspond, react, remark; counter, defend, deny, explain, field, rebut, refute

Near Antonyms challenge, cross-examine, examine, grill, interrogate, pump, quiz; poll, query, survey

Antonyms ask, inquire, question

to be in agreement on every point <sorry, I haven't seen anyone answering to that description>

Synonyms accord, agree, answer, chord, cohere, coincide, comport, conform, consist, correspond, dovetail, fit, go, harmonize, jibe, rhyme (also rime), sort, square, tally

Related Words equal, match, parallel; align (also aline), line up, register

Near Antonyms contradict, dispute, gainsay; negate, nullify; clash, conflict, jar

Antonyms differ (from), disagree (with)

to do what is required by the terms of <I don't have a box cutter as such, but will this knife answer the purpose?>

Synonyms answer, complete, comply (with), fill, keep, meet, redeem, satisfy

Near Antonyms default (on); disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight

Antonyms breach, break, transgress, violate

to find an answer for through reasoning <try to answer this riddle>

Synonyms answer, break, crack, dope (out), figure out, puzzle (out), resolve, riddle (out), unravel, unriddle, work, work out

Related Words conclude, decide, deduce, gather, infer, judge, reason; clear (up), iron out, straighten (out), unscramble, untangle, untie; assume, conjecture, divine, guess, presume, speculate; decipher, decode

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