Answer

//ˈæn.sɚ//

Synonyms for "answer" (542 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (109)

reply response solution suffice accomplishment accord acknowledge acknowledgment action action and reaction ad hoc measure address advance advantage advocate affect affirmation agnus dei agree allegation

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Verb(2 words)

answer for atone

Strong matches (162)

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counterstatement coup course of action crack cracking crush deal with dealing dealings debug decipher decipherment declaration decode decoding defeat defence defend defense demarche demolish demolition demurrer denial denouement deny determination device dictum discrediting disentangle disentanglement dismiss dispatch dispose of disprove divine do do it do the job do the trick dodge dope dope out dovetail doxology echo effective rejoinder effort end end result epistle esp espouse establish connection exception exchange exclamation expedient explain explanation expression fall in together fathom favor field figure out fill fill the bill find out find the answer find the solution finding finding-out finish fit fit together flash back floor forward fulfil fulfill get get by get in touch with get right get to gimmick give acknowledgment give answer give good returns gloria gloria in excelsis gloria patri go around go together go with greeting guarantee guess guess right hack it hallelujah hang together harmonize have connection with have it hit hit it hit the nail on the head hold hold together hosanna hymn hymn of praise hymnody hymnography hymnology improvisation information interaction interchange intercommunication intercommunion intercourse interest interjection interlock interplay interpret interpretation interrogate intersect introit involve issue jibe jury rig jury-rig jury-rigged expedient

Verb(2 words)

do field

Related words (271)

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make the grade make up to makeshift maneuver mantra match means means to an end measure meet meet requirements mention message miserere missive motet move nonplus not come amiss note nunc dimittis objection observation offertory offertory sentence open the lock oracle outcome overlap overthrow overthrowal overturn overwhelm paean parallel parry parthian shot pass pass muster pay pay off pertain to phrase pick up pis aller plea plead for pleading plumb position predictable response process profit promote pronouncement psalm psalmody psych psych out put to silence puzzle out qualify question raise ravel ravel out reach react reaction reason rebut rebuttal rebutter receipt reciprocate recognize recriminate reduce to silence reecho refer to reflection reflex reflex action refluence reflux refutal refutation refute regard register register with rejoin rejoinder relate relate to remark remedy repartee replication reply to report rescript resolution resolve resolving resort resource respect respond respond to respondence responsory responsory report result retort retroaction return return answer return for answer reverberate reverberation revulsion riddle riddling riposte rise satisfy say say in defense say in reply saying sentence serve serve the purpose settle shake up shake-up shift shoot back shut up silence sing in chorus smash all opposition snap back social intercourse solve solving sort out sort with sorting out speak for speak up for speaking special demurrer special pleading speech speech circuit speech situation sponsor square square with squash squelch stand stand together stand up stand up for statement statement of defense step stick up for stopgap stratagem stretch stroke stroke of policy subjoinder subversion subvert suit suit the occasion support surrebuttal surrebutter surrejoinder sustain tactic take it take the bait talk back talking tally te deum telepathy temporary expedient thought tie in with touch touch upon traffic treat of trick trisagion truck trump two-way communication undermine undermining undo unlock unravel unraveling unriddle unriddling unscramble unscrambling unspinning untangle untangling unthinking response untwist untwisting unweave unweaving uphold upset upsetting upshot urge reasons for utterance vedic hymn versicle word work work out working working hypothesis working proposition working-out yield a profit

Noun(6 words)

reply resolution response result solution solvent

Verb(5 words)

reply resolve respond serve suffice

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

34 entries

agree check conform to correspond figure out fill fit fulfil fulfill gibe jibe lick live up to match meet pleading

Showing 16 of 34 words.

Antonyms

5 entries

ask problem question wrong

Synonyms

4 entries

reply response solution suffice

Related terms

2 entries

ask question

derived

39 entries

answer at answer back answer engine answer for answer key answer on a postcard answer phone answer print answer sheet answer someone's prayers answer song answer the call answer the call of nature answer the helm answer to answer to someone's prayers

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derived from

1 entries

swear

distinct from

1 entries

question

has context

2 entries

law legal

is a

4 entries

pleading reaction reply statement

manner of

7 entries

be match meet react refute solve state

related to

85 entries

accountable after after question after questions agreement amends and sir ask ban ban sir bottom bottom line choice complaint conclusion correct

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Translations

579 translations across 169 languages.

Adyghe

1 entries

джэуап noun (response)

Afrikaans

2 entries

antwoord noun (response)
antwoord verb (to make a reply or response to)

Albanian

2 entries

përgjigje noun (response)
përgjigjem verb (to make a reply or response to)

Amharic

1 entries

መልስ noun (response)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

ἀπόκρισις noun (response)
ὑπόκρισις noun (response)
ἀποκρίνομαι verb (to make a reply or response to)

Arabic

4 entries

إِجَابَة noun (response)
جَوَاب noun (response)
حَلّ noun (solution)
حَلّ noun (solution)

Argobba

1 entries

መልስ noun (response)

Armenian

2 entries

պատասխան noun (response)
պատասխանել verb (to make a reply or response to)

Aromanian

4 entries

apandisi noun (response)
apocrisi noun (response)
giuvapi noun (response)
apocrisescu verb (to make a reply or response to)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries

ܓ̰ܘܼܘܵܒܵܐ noun (response)
ܓ̰ܘܼܘܵܒܵܐ noun (reply to email)
ܓ݂ܘܼܝܵܒ݂ܵܐ noun (response)
ܓ݂ܘܼܝܵܒ݂ܵܐ noun (reply to email)

Asturian

3 entries

respuesta noun (response)
contestar verb (to make a reply or response to)
responder verb (to make a reply or response to)

Avar

1 entries

жаваб noun (response)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

cavab noun (response)
cavab vermək verb (to make a reply or response to)
cavablandırmaq verb (to make a reply or response to)

Baluchi

1 entries

جواب noun (response)

Bashkir

2 entries

яуап noun (response)
ҡарыу noun (response)

Basque

2 entries

erantzun noun (response)
erantzun verb (to make a reply or response to)

Belarusian

4 entries

адка́з noun (response)
во́дпаведзь noun (response)
адка́зваць verb (to make a reply or response to)
адказа́ць verb (to make a reply or response to)

Bengali

4 entries

উত্তর noun (response)
জবাব noun (response)
উত্তর দেওয়া verb (to make a reply or response to)
সাড়া দেওয়া verb (to respond to a call)

Bikol Central

1 entries

simbag noun (response)

Bislama

1 entries

ansa noun (response)

Breton

1 entries

respont noun (response)

Bulgarian

4 entries

о́тговор noun (response)
о́тговор noun (reply to email)
реше́ние noun (solution)
отвръ́щам verb (to make a reply or response to)

Burmese

4 entries

အဖြေ noun (response)
ထူး verb (to respond to a call)
ပြန်ကြား verb (to make a reply or response to)
ဖြေ verb (to make a reply or response to)

Buryat

1 entries

харюу noun (response)

Catalan

2 entries

resposta noun (response)
respondre verb (to make a reply or response to)

Cebuano

1 entries

tubag noun (response)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

وەڵام noun (response)
وەڵام noun (reply to email)
جێ بەجێ verb (to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily)
وەڵام verb (to make a reply or response to)

Chechen

1 entries

жоп noun (response)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎦᏬᎯᎵᏴᎠ verb (to make a reply or response to)

Chichewa

2 entries

yankho noun (response)
yankha verb (to make a reply or response to)

Chinese

4 entries

хуэйда noun (response)
җәвабу noun (response)
回答 noun (response)
對答 /对答 noun (response)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

回答 noun (response)
對答 /对答 noun (response)
答案 noun (solution)
解答 noun (solution)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

回信 noun (reply to email)
回復 /回复 noun (reply to email)
回答 noun (response)
回答 noun (reply to email)

Chukchi

1 entries

татԓыӈ noun (response)

Church Slavic

3 entries

одповѣдь noun (response)
отповѣдь noun (response)
отъвѣтъ noun (response)

Cornish

2 entries

gorthyp noun (response)
gorthebi verb (to make a reply or response to)

Corsican

1 entries

risposta noun (response)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

cevap noun (response)

Czech

3 entries

odpověď noun (response)
odpovídat verb (to make a reply or response to)
odpovědět verb (to make a reply or response to)

Danish

4 entries

løsning noun (solution)
svar noun (response)
svar noun (solution)
svar noun (reply to email)

Dari

2 entries

جَوَاب noun (response)
پَاسُخ noun (response)

Dutch

4 entries

antwoord noun (response)
antwoorden verb (to make a reply or response to)
beantwoorden verb (to respond to a call)
beantwoorden verb (to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

вашмут noun (response)

Erzya

3 entries

каршо вал noun (response)
пшкадема noun (response)
меремс каршо verb (to make a reply or response to)

Esperanto

3 entries

repliko noun (solution)
respondo noun (response)
respondi verb (to make a reply or response to)

Estonian

2 entries

vastus noun (response)
vastama verb (to make a reply or response to)

Farefare

2 entries

lergre noun (response)
lerge verb (to make a reply or response to)

Faroese

2 entries

svar noun (response)
svara verb (to make a reply or response to)

Finnish

4 entries

ratkaisu noun (solution)
vastaus noun (response)
vastaus noun (solution)
vastaus noun (reply to email)

French

4 entries

réponse noun (response)
réponse noun (solution)
réponse noun (reply to email)
solution noun (solution)

Friulian

1 entries

rispuindi verb (to make a reply or response to)

Gagauz

1 entries

cuvap noun (response)

Galician

3 entries

resposta noun (response)
contestar verb (to make a reply or response to)
responder verb (to make a reply or response to)

Georgian

2 entries

პასუხი noun (response)
პასუხობს verb (to make a reply or response to)

German

4 entries

Antwort noun (response)
Entgegnung noun (response)
Lösung noun (solution)
antworten verb (to make a reply or response to)

Gothic

3 entries

𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 noun (response)
𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹 noun (response)
𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to make a reply or response to)

Greek

4 entries

ανταπάντηση noun (document filed in response to a complaint)
απάντηση noun (response)
απάντηση noun (reply to email)
απόκριση noun (reply to email)

Greenlandic

1 entries

akissut noun (response)

Gujarati

2 entries

ઉત્તર noun (response)
જવાબ noun (response)

Haitian Creole

2 entries

repons noun (response)
reponn verb (to make a reply or response to)

Hawaiian

2 entries

pane noun (response)
pane verb (to make a reply or response to)

Hebrew

4 entries

מַעֲנֶה noun (solution)
תְּשׁוּבָה noun (response)
תשובה noun (reply to email)
עָנָה verb (to make a reply or response to)

Higaonon

1 entries

tubag noun (response)

Hindi

4 entries

उत्तर noun (response)
उत्तर देना noun (reply to email)
जवाब noun (response)
जवाब देना noun (reply to email)

Hungarian

4 entries

felelet noun (response)
megoldás noun (solution)
viszontválasz noun (document filed in response to a complaint)
válasz noun (response)

Icelandic

4 entries

ans noun (response)
svar noun (response)
svar noun (solution)
ansa verb (to make a reply or response to)

Ido

4 entries

repliko noun (solution)
respondo noun (response)
solvo noun (solution)
respondar verb (to make a reply or response to)

Indonesian

4 entries

balas noun (reply to email)
jawaban noun (response)
solusi noun (solution)
menjawab verb (to make a reply or response to)

Ingrian

3 entries

vassus noun (response)
vassus noun (solution)
vassata verb (to make a reply or response to)

Interlingua

1 entries

responder verb (to make a reply or response to)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

جَواب noun (response)
پاسُخ noun (response)
پِیْواژ noun (response)

Irish

3 entries

freagra noun (response)
freagair verb (to make a reply or response to)
freagair verb (to respond to a call)

Italian

4 entries

risposta noun (response)
risposta noun (document filed in response to a complaint)
rispondere verb (to make a reply or response to)
rispondere verb (to respond to a call)

Ivatan

1 entries

atbay noun (response)

Japanese

4 entries

回答 noun (response)
応答 noun (response)
答え noun (response)
解答 noun (solution)

Javanese

2 entries

jawab noun (response)
wales noun (response)

Kalmyk

1 entries

хәрү noun (response)

Kapampangan

1 entries

pakibat noun (response)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

жауап noun (response)

Kazakh

2 entries

жауап noun (response)
жауап беру verb (to make a reply or response to)

Khmer

2 entries

ពាក្យឆ្លើយ noun (response)
ឆ្លើយ verb (to make a reply or response to)

Korean

4 entries

답 noun (response)
답 noun (solution)
답변 noun (response)
답변 noun (reply to email)

Koryak

1 entries

аӈъягыйӈын noun (response)

Kumyk

1 entries

жавап noun (response)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

жооп noun (response)
каруу noun (response)
жооп берүү verb (to make a reply or response to)

Laboya

1 entries

baleha verb (to make a reply or response to)

Ladin

1 entries

respuender verb (to make a reply or response to)

Lao

2 entries

ຄຳຕອບ noun (response)
ຕອບ verb (to make a reply or response to)

Latin

4 entries

respōnsum noun (response)
referō verb (to make a reply or response to)
resequor verb (to make a reply or response to)
respondeō verb (to make a reply or response to)

Latvian

2 entries

atbilde noun (response)
atbildēt verb (to make a reply or response to)

Lezgi

1 entries

жаваб noun (response)

Ligurian

1 entries

rispósta noun (response)

Lithuanian

2 entries

atsakymas noun (response)
atsakyti verb (to make a reply or response to)

Low German

4 entries

Antwaurt (Bottrop) noun (response)
Antweoert (Höxter) noun (response)
Antwoort noun (response)
Antwuert (Canstein) noun (response)

Luxembourgish

3 entries

Léisung noun (solution)
Äntwert noun (response)
äntweren verb (to make a reply or response to)

Macedonian

4 entries

о́дговор noun (reply to email)
одговор noun (response)
решение noun (solution)
одговара verb (to make a reply or response to)

Malay

4 entries

jawaban noun (response)
jawapan noun (response)
penyelesaian noun (solution)
jawab verb (to make a reply or response to)

Malayalam

4 entries

ഉത്തരം noun (response)
ഉത്തരം noun (solution)
പ്രതികരണം noun (reply to email)
മറുപടി noun (response)

Maltese

1 entries

wieġeb noun (response)

Manx

2 entries

ansoor noun (response)
freggyrt noun (response)

Mirandese

1 entries

respuosta noun (response)

Mongolian

2 entries

хариу noun (response)
хариулах verb (to make a reply or response to)

Māori

2 entries

whakautu noun (response)
whakaō verb (to respond to a call)

Nahuatl

1 entries

nanquilia verb (to make a reply or response to)

Neapolitan

1 entries

risponne verb (to make a reply or response to)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

uviia verb (to respond to a call)

Nogai

1 entries

явап noun (response)

North Frisian

4 entries

Swaar noun (response)
ontuurd noun (response)
oonswaar noun (response)
ountwoord (Ockholm) noun (response)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

bersiv noun (response)
cewab noun (response)

Northern Sami

1 entries

vástádus noun (response)

Norwegian

3 entries

svar noun (reply to email)
oppfylle verb (to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily)
tilfredsstille verb (to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

løsning noun (solution)
svar noun (response)
svar noun (solution)
svar verb (to make a reply or response to)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

svar noun (response)

Occitan

3 entries

responsa noun (response)
respondre verb (to make a reply or response to)
respónder verb (to make a reply or response to)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

отъвѣщавати verb (to make a reply or response to)

Old English

4 entries

andswaru noun (response)
andwyrde noun (response)
andswarian verb (to make a reply or response to)
andwyrdan verb (to make a reply or response to)

Old Javanese

1 entries

wales noun (response)

Old Norse

2 entries

svar noun (response)
svara verb (to make a reply or response to)

Oromo

2 entries

deebii noun (response)
deebisuu verb (to make a reply or response to)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

اجابت noun (response)
جواب noun (response)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

одвит noun (response)

Papiamentu

1 entries

respondé verb (to make a reply or response to)

Pashto

2 entries

جواب noun (response)
ځواب noun (response)

Persian

2 entries

جَواب دادَن verb (to make a reply or response to)
پاسُخ دادَن verb (to make a reply or response to)

Plautdietsch

3 entries

Auntwuat (nds) noun (response)
Auntwuat (nds) noun (solution)
auntwuate verb (to make a reply or response to)

Polish

4 entries

odpowiedź noun (response)
odpowiedź noun (solution)
odpowiedź noun (reply to email)
odpowiedź noun (document filed in response to a complaint)

Portuguese

4 entries

resposta noun (response)
resposta noun (solution)
resposta noun (reply to email)
réplica noun (document filed in response to a complaint)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਜਵਾਬ noun (response)

Quechua

1 entries

kutichiy verb (to make a reply or response to)

Romanian

4 entries

rezolvare noun (solution)
răspuns noun (response)
răspuns noun (reply to email)
soluție noun (solution)

Romansch

4 entries

rasponder verb (to make a reply or response to)
raspunder verb (to make a reply or response to)
respunder verb (to make a reply or response to)
respuonder verb (to make a reply or response to)

Russian

4 entries

о́тповедь noun (response)
отве́т noun (response)
отве́т noun (solution)
отве́т noun (reply to email)

Sardinian

4 entries

rispòsta noun (response)
arraspundi verb (to make a reply or response to)
respúndiri verb (to make a reply or response to)
rispòndhere verb (to make a reply or response to)

Saterland Frisian

2 entries

Oantwoud noun (response)
Ontwoud noun (response)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

freagairt noun (response)
freagairt noun (solution)
freagairt noun (reply to email)
freagair verb (to make a reply or response to)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

rešénje noun (solution)
rješénje noun (solution)
ȍdgovōr noun (response)
ȍdgovōr noun (reply to email)

Sicilian

1 entries

risposta noun (response)

Slovak

4 entries

odpoveď noun (response)
odpoveď noun (solution)
odpoveď noun (reply to email)
odpoveď noun (document filed in response to a complaint)

Slovene

4 entries

odgovor noun (response)
odgovor noun (solution)
odgovor noun (reply to email)
rešitev noun (solution)

Somali

1 entries

jawaab noun (response)

Southern Altai

1 entries

каруу noun (response)

Spanish

4 entries

contestación noun (reply to email)
contestación noun (document filed in response to a complaint)
respuesta noun (response)
respuesta noun (solution)

Swahili

4 entries

jawabu noun (response)
jibu noun (response)
jibu noun (solution)
jibu noun (reply to email)

Swedish

4 entries

svar noun (response)
svar noun (solution)
svar noun (reply to email)
svara verb (to make a reply or response to)

Tagalog

4 entries

sagot noun (response)
sagot noun (reply to email)
solusyon noun (solution)
sagutan verb (to make a reply or response to)

Tajik

4 entries

жавоб noun (response)
посух noun (response)
посух додан verb (to make a reply or response to)
ҷавоб додан verb (to make a reply or response to)

Tamil

4 entries

தீர்வு noun (solution)
பதில் noun (response)
பதில் noun (reply to email)
மறுமொழி noun (response)

Tatar

2 entries

кару noun (response)
җавап noun (response)

Telugu

4 entries

జవాబు noun (response)
జవాబు noun (reply to email)
పరిష్కారం noun (solution)
సమాధానం noun (response)

Thai

2 entries

คำตอบ noun (response)
ตอบ verb (to make a reply or response to)

Tok Pisin

2 entries

bekim tok verb (to make a reply or response to)
bekim tok verb (to respond to a call)

Tongan

1 entries

tali noun (response)

Turkish

4 entries

cevap noun (response)
yanıt noun (response)
açmak verb (to respond to a call)
bakmak verb (to respond to a call)

Turkmen

2 entries

jogap noun (response)
jogap bermek verb (to make a reply or response to)

Tuvan

1 entries

харыы noun (response)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ві́дповідь noun (response)
відповіда́ти verb (to make a reply or response to)
відповіда́ти verb (to respond to a call)
відповісти́ verb (to make a reply or response to)

Urdu

4 entries

اُتَّر noun (response)
جَواب noun (response)
پاسُخ noun (response)
جَواب دینا verb (to make a reply or response to)

Uyghur

2 entries

جاۋاب noun (response)
جاۋاب بەرمەك verb (to make a reply or response to)

Uzbek

2 entries

javob noun (response)
javob bermoq verb (to make a reply or response to)

Venetan

2 entries

responder verb (to make a reply or response to)
risponder verb (to make a reply or response to)

Vietnamese

4 entries

câu trả lời noun (response)
tin trả lời noun (reply to email)
trả lời noun (response)
đáp án noun (solution)

Volapük

1 entries

gesag noun (response)

Waray-Waray

2 entries

baton noun (response)
tubag noun (response)

Welsh

2 entries

ateb noun (response)
ateb verb (to make a reply or response to)

West-Frisian

2 entries

andert noun (response)
antwurd noun (response)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

回答 noun (response)

Yakut

3 entries

харда noun (response)
хоруй noun (response)
эппиэт noun (response)

Yiddish

2 entries

ענטפֿער noun (response)
ענטפֿערן verb (to make a reply or response to)

Zazaki

3 entries

cewab noun (response)
cıwab noun (response)
cewab dayen verb (to make a reply or response to)

Sample sentences

48 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

What did you answer?

Source: tatoeba (1426)

Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?

Source: tatoeba (1489)

If I gave no answer, I would not have spoken.

Source: tatoeba (1955)

The defense lawyer was confident that he would be able to answer the prosecutor's arguments in his rebuttal.

Source: tatoeba (1969)

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