Reply

//ɹɪˈplaɪ//

Synonyms for "reply" (193 found)

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Closest matches (39)

Strong matches (58)

Related words (96)

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9 relation types

More general

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Antonyms

19 entries

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

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distinct from

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

236 translations across 90 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • përgjigje noun (written or spoken response)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ὑπόκρισις noun (written or spoken response)
  • ἀποκρίνομαι verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إِجَابَة noun (written or spoken response)
  • جَوَاب noun (written or spoken response)
  • رَدّ noun (written or spoken response)
  • أَجَابَ verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Armenian

3 entries
  • պատասխան noun (written or spoken response)
  • պատասխան noun (something given in reply)
  • պատասխանել verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Asturian

4 entries
  • rempuesta noun (written or spoken response)
  • resposta noun (written or spoken response)
  • respuesta noun (written or spoken response)
  • rimpuesta noun (written or spoken response)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • cavab noun (written or spoken response)
  • cavab vermək verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • cavablandırmaq verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Bangi

2 entries
  • eyano noun (written or spoken response)
  • yanola verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • яуап noun (written or spoken response)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • адка́з noun (written or spoken response)

Bengali

4 entries
  • উত্তর noun (written or spoken response)
  • জবাব noun (written or spoken response)
  • উত্তর দেওয়া verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • জবাব দেওয়া verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • о́тговор noun (written or spoken response)
  • отвръщам verb (to act or gesture in response)
  • отгова́рям verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Catalan

2 entries
  • resposta noun (written or spoken response)
  • respondre verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Central Kurdish

4 entries
  • وەڵام noun (written or spoken response)
  • وەڵام noun (something given in reply)
  • وەڵام دان verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • وەڵام دان verb (to act or gesture in response)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎦᏬᎯᎵᏴᎠ verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 回答 noun (written or spoken response)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 回答 noun (written or spoken response)
  • 回答 verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • 答應 /答应 verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • 答覆 verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Czech

3 entries
  • odpověď noun (written or spoken response)
  • odepsat verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • odpovědět verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Danish

4 entries
  • besvarelse noun (written or spoken response)
  • svar noun (written or spoken response)
  • svar noun (something given in reply)
  • besvare verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Dari

2 entries
  • جَوَاب noun (written or spoken response)
  • پَاسُخ noun (written or spoken response)

Dutch

4 entries
  • antwoord noun (written or spoken response)
  • respons noun (written or spoken response)
  • antwoorden verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • beantwoorden verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Eastern Mari

2 entries
  • вашмут noun (written or spoken response)
  • вашмут noun (something given in reply)

Erzya

1 entries
  • каршо вал noun (written or spoken response)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • respondi verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Estonian

1 entries
  • vastus noun (written or spoken response)

Finnish

4 entries
  • vastaus noun (written or spoken response)
  • vastaus noun (something given in reply)
  • palauttaa verb (to repeat something back)
  • vastata verb (to give a written or spoken response)

French

3 entries
  • réponse noun (written or spoken response)
  • réponse noun (something given in reply)
  • répondre verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Friulian

1 entries
  • rispuindi verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Georgian

2 entries
  • პასუხი noun (written or spoken response)
  • პასუხობს verb (to give a written or spoken response)

German

4 entries
  • Antwort noun (written or spoken response)
  • Antwort noun (something given in reply)
  • Entgegnung noun (written or spoken response)
  • antworten verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 noun (written or spoken response)

Greek

2 entries
  • απάντηση noun (written or spoken response)
  • απαντώ verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • תְּגוּבָה noun (written or spoken response)
  • תְּשׁוּבָה noun (written or spoken response)

Hindi

4 entries
  • उत्तर noun (written or spoken response)
  • जवाब noun (written or spoken response)
  • उत्तर देना verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • जवाब verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • felelet noun (written or spoken response)
  • válasz noun (written or spoken response)
  • felel verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • válaszol verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • jawab verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Ingrian

4 entries
  • vassus noun (written or spoken response)
  • vassus noun (something given in reply)
  • vassata verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • vassata verb (to act or gesture in response)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • جَواب noun (written or spoken response)
  • پاسُخ noun (written or spoken response)

Irish

2 entries
  • freagairt noun (written or spoken response)
  • freagair verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Italian

4 entries
  • replica noun (written or spoken response)
  • risposta noun (written or spoken response)
  • replicare verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • ripetere verb (to repeat something back)

Japanese

4 entries
  • お返し noun (something given in reply)
  • リプ noun (written or spoken response)
  • リプライ noun (written or spoken response)
  • レス noun (written or spoken response)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жауап noun (written or spoken response)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • thòshī verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ពាក្យឆ្លើយ noun (written or spoken response)
  • ឆ្លើយ verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • តប verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Korean

4 entries
  • 답변 noun (written or spoken response)
  • 대답 noun (written or spoken response)
  • 댓글 noun (written or spoken response)
  • 리플 noun (written or spoken response)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • жооп noun (written or spoken response)

Ladin

1 entries
  • respuender verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Latin

3 entries
  • responsum noun (written or spoken response)
  • resequor verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • respondeō verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Latvian

1 entries
  • atbilde noun (written or spoken response)

Lingala

2 entries
  • eyano noun (written or spoken response)
  • yanola verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • atsakymas noun (written or spoken response)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • одговор noun (written or spoken response)
  • одговор noun (something given in reply)
  • одговара verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • одговара verb (to act or gesture in response)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • പ്രതികരണം noun (written or spoken response)
  • മറുപടി noun (written or spoken response)
  • മറുപടി noun (something given in reply)
  • പ്രതികരിക്കുക verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Manx

2 entries
  • freggyrt noun (written or spoken response)
  • freggyr verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Māori

1 entries
  • urupare verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Norman

2 entries
  • rêponse noun (written or spoken response)
  • rêpondre verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • svare verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • svar noun (written or spoken response)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • svar noun (written or spoken response)

Old English

1 entries
  • ġeġncwide noun (written or spoken response)

Old French

1 entries
  • response noun (written or spoken response)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • اجابت noun (written or spoken response)
  • جواب noun (written or spoken response)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ځواب noun (written or spoken response)

Persian

2 entries
  • جواب دادن verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • پاسخانیدن verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Auntwuat (nds) noun (written or spoken response)
  • auntwuate verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Polish

3 entries
  • odpowiedź noun (written or spoken response)
  • odpowiadać verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • odpowiedzieć verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • resposta noun (written or spoken response)
  • resposta noun (something given in reply)
  • repetir verb (to repeat something back)
  • responder verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Romanian

2 entries
  • răspuns noun (written or spoken response)
  • răspunde verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Russian

4 entries
  • отве́т noun (written or spoken response)
  • отве́т noun (something given in reply)
  • отве́тить verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • отве́тить verb (to act or gesture in response)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • freagairt noun (written or spoken response)
  • freagair verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • freagair verb (to act or gesture in response)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries
  • ȍdgovōr noun (written or spoken response)
  • о̏дгово̄р noun (written or spoken response)
  • odgovoriti verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Slovak

1 entries
  • odpoveď noun (written or spoken response)

Slovene

1 entries
  • odgovor noun (written or spoken response)

Somali

1 entries
  • jawaabid verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Spanish

4 entries
  • contestación noun (written or spoken response)
  • contestación noun (something given in reply)
  • responsión noun (written or spoken response)
  • responsión noun (something given in reply)

Swedish

3 entries
  • svar noun (written or spoken response)
  • besvara verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • svara verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • buwelta noun (written or spoken response)
  • sagot noun (written or spoken response)

Tajik

2 entries
  • жавоб noun (written or spoken response)
  • посух noun (written or spoken response)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பதில் சொல் verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Tatar

1 entries
  • җавап noun (written or spoken response)

Thai

1 entries
  • คำตอบ noun (written or spoken response)

Tok Pisin

2 entries
  • bekim tok verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • bekim tok verb (to repeat something back)

Turkish

2 entries
  • cevap noun (written or spoken response)
  • yanıt noun (written or spoken response)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • jogap noun (written or spoken response)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ві́дповідь noun (written or spoken response)
  • розпові́сти verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • розповіда́ти verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Urdu

2 entries
  • جَواب noun (written or spoken response)
  • جواب دینا verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • جاۋاب noun (written or spoken response)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • javob noun (written or spoken response)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • trả lời noun (written or spoken response)
  • hồi âm verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • hồi đáp verb (to give a written or spoken response)
  • trả lời verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Welsh

2 entries
  • ateb noun (written or spoken response)
  • ateb verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • cewab noun (written or spoken response)
  • cewab verb (to give a written or spoken response)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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All that you have to do is to wait for his reply.

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In reply to your request, we offer you an extra discount of 5% on this order.

Source: tatoeba (20173)

Such an accurate, lightning-quick reply. What can I say?

Source: tatoeba (20823)

I don't know how to reply to that question.

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