What is a synonym for "respond"?

Common synonyms include: answer, answer, react, react, reply, account.

Respond

//ɹɪˈspɒnd// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
A response.
2
A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
3
A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.

Verb

1
To say something in return; to answer; to reply. intransitive, transitive
"to respond to a question or an argument"
2
show a response or a reaction to something wordnet
3
To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response. intransitive
"As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds."
4
respond favorably or as hoped wordnet
5
To correspond with; to suit. ambitransitive
"For his great deeds respond his speeches great."

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react verbally wordnet
7
To satisfy; to answer. transitive
"The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court."
8
To be liable for payment. intransitive

"Our bodies respond to our feelings."

From Middle English respounden, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondō, from Latin respondeō. Cf. Modern French répondre.

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