The most instinctive act of nearly every creature is to protect its young, and with humans, this response persists for a lifetime.
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Response
//ɹɪˈspɑns//
Synonyms for "response" (235 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (71)
connectionconsciousnesscontactconversationconversecorrespondencecounterstatementdealingdealingsdefensedemurrerdenialdevelopmentdivisiondoxologyechoeffectemotionemotional chargeemotional shade
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empathyespevasive replyexceptionexchangeexperienceexpositionfalderalfeedbackfeelingfeeling tonefellow feelingfigurefolderolforceforebodinggloriagloria in excelsisgloria patrigut reactionhallelujahharmonic closeheartthrobhosannahymnhymn of praisehymnodyhymnographyhymnologyidentificationimpactimpressimpressionimprintinformationinteractioninterchangeintercommunicationintercommunionintercourseinterludeintermezzointerplayintroductory phraseintroitinvolvementlaudlinguistic intercoursemagnificatmantramark
Related words (117)
measuremessagemisereremoodmotetmovementmusical phrasemusical sentencenunc dimittisobjectionoffertoryoffertory sentenceornamentpaeanpartpassagepassionpathosperceptperception
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periodphrasepleapleadingpredictable responsepresentimentprintprofound sensepsalmpsalmodyready replyrebuttalreceiptreceptionrecoilreflectionreflexreflex actionrefluencerefluxrefrainrefutationrejoinderrelatingreparteerepercussionreplicationreportrepostrescriptrescriptionresolutionrespondrespondenceresponse to stimuliresponsionresponsivenessresponsoryresponsory reportretortretroactionreturnreverberationrevulsionriposteriseritornellosectionsensationsensesense impressionsense perceptionsensory experiencesentimentsharingshort answerside effectsnappy comebacksocial intercoursespeakingspecial demurrerspecial pleadingspeechspeech circuitspeech situationstanzastatementstatement of defensestrainsympathetic chordsympathetic responsesympathytailpiecetalkingte deumtelepathytouchtraffictrisagiontrucktuttitutti passagetwo-way communicationundercurrentunthinking responsevariationvedic hymnverseversiclevibesvibrationvibrationswitty replywitty retortyes-and-no answer
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13 entriesderived
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1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
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Translations
125 translations across 68 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- përgjigje noun (an answer or reply)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπόκρισις noun (an answer or reply)
Armenian
2 entries- պատասխան noun (an answer or reply)
- պատասխան noun (the act of responding or replying)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cavab noun (an answer or reply)
Bashkir
1 entries- яуап noun (an answer or reply)
Belarusian
1 entries- адка́з noun (an answer or reply)
Bengali
2 entries- উত্তর noun (an answer or reply)
- জবাব noun (an answer or reply)
Bulgarian
4 entries- о́тговор noun (an answer or reply)
- о́тзвук noun (a reaction to a stimulus or provocation)
- о́тзив noun (a reaction to a stimulus or provocation)
- отгова́ряне noun (the act of responding or replying)
Catalan
1 entries- resposta noun (an answer or reply)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- وەڵام noun (an answer or reply)
- وەڵام noun (the act of responding or replying)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 回答 noun (an answer or reply)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 回答 noun (an answer or reply)
Czech
4 entries- odezva noun (a reaction to a stimulus or provocation)
- odpovídání noun (the act of responding or replying)
- odpověď noun (an answer or reply)
- reagování noun (the act of responding or replying)
Danish
1 entries- svar noun (an answer or reply)
Dari
2 entries- جَوَاب noun (an answer or reply)
- پَاسُخ noun (an answer or reply)
Dutch
3 entries- antwoord noun (an answer or reply)
- antwoorden noun (the act of responding or replying)
- respons noun (an answer or reply)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- вашмут noun (an answer or reply)
Esperanto
1 entries- respondo noun (an answer or reply)
Estonian
1 entries- vastus noun (an answer or reply)
Finnish
4 entries- reaktio noun (a reaction to a stimulus or provocation)
- vastaaminen noun (the act of responding or replying)
- vastaus noun (an answer or reply)
- vastaus noun (the act of responding or replying)
French
2 entries- réponse noun (an answer or reply)
- réponse noun (a reaction to a stimulus or provocation)
Georgian
1 entries- პასუხი noun (an answer or reply)
German
2 entries- Antwort noun (an answer or reply)
- Entgegnung noun (an answer or reply)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 noun (an answer or reply)
- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹 noun (an answer or reply)
Greek
1 entries- απάντηση noun (an answer or reply)
Hebrew
2 entries- תְּגוּבָה noun (an answer or reply)
- תְּשׁוּבָה noun (an answer or reply)
Hindi
3 entries- अनुक्रिया noun (an answer or reply)
- उत्तर noun (an answer or reply)
- जवाब noun (an answer or reply)
Hungarian
1 entries- válasz noun (an answer or reply)
Ido
1 entries- respondo noun (an answer or reply)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- جَواب noun (an answer or reply)
- پاسُخ noun (an answer or reply)
Italian
2 entries- responso noun (an answer or reply)
- risposta noun (a reaction to a stimulus or provocation)
Japanese
3 entries- 回答 noun (an answer or reply)
- 答え noun (an answer or reply)
- 解答 noun (an answer or reply)
Kazakh
1 entries- жауап noun (an answer or reply)
Khmer
2 entries- ការឆ្លើយតប noun (an answer or reply)
- ពាក្យឆ្លើយ noun (an answer or reply)
Korean
2 entries- 대답 noun (an answer or reply)
- 회답 noun (an answer or reply)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жооп noun (an answer or reply)
Latin
1 entries- responsum noun (an answer or reply)
Latvian
1 entries- atbilde noun (an answer or reply)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atsakymas noun (an answer or reply)
Macedonian
1 entries- одговор noun (an answer or reply)
Malay
4 entries- gerak balas noun (an answer or reply)
- gerak balas noun (the act of responding or replying)
- respons noun (an answer or reply)
- respons noun (the act of responding or replying)
Mongolian
1 entries- хариу noun (an answer or reply)
Māori
4 entries- kupu paremata noun (an answer or reply)
- kupu whakahoki noun (an answer or reply)
- tāorotanga noun (the act of responding or replying)
- whakahoki noun (an answer or reply)
Nepali
1 entries- जवाफ noun (an answer or reply)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- bertek noun (a reaction to a stimulus or provocation)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- svar noun (an answer or reply)
Old French
1 entries- response noun (an answer or reply)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- اجابت noun (an answer or reply)
- اجابت noun (the act of responding or replying)
- جواب noun (an answer or reply)
- جواب noun (the act of responding or replying)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Auntwuat (nds) noun (an answer or reply)
Polish
1 entries- odpowiedź noun (an answer or reply)
Portuguese
3 entries- resposta noun (an answer or reply)
- resposta noun (the act of responding or replying)
- resposta noun (a reaction to a stimulus or provocation)
Romanian
1 entries- răspuns noun (an answer or reply)
Russian
4 entries- о́тзвук noun (a reaction to a stimulus or provocation)
- о́тклик noun (a reaction to a stimulus or provocation)
- отве́т noun (an answer or reply)
- отве́т noun (the act of responding or replying)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ȍdgovōr noun (an answer or reply)
- о̏дгово̄р noun (an answer or reply)
Slovak
1 entries- odpoveď noun (an answer or reply)
Slovene
1 entries- odgovor noun (an answer or reply)
Spanish
4 entries- responsión noun (the act of responding or replying)
- responsión noun (a reaction to a stimulus or provocation)
- responso noun (an answer or reply)
- responso noun (the act of responding or replying)
Swedish
2 entries- respons noun (an answer or reply)
- svar noun (an answer or reply)
Tajik
2 entries- жавоб noun (an answer or reply)
- посух noun (an answer or reply)
Tatar
1 entries- җавап noun (an answer or reply)
Thai
1 entries- คำตอบ noun (an answer or reply)
Turkmen
1 entries- jogap noun (an answer or reply)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ві́дгук noun (a reaction to a stimulus or provocation)
- ві́дповідь noun (an answer or reply)
Urdu
1 entries- جَواب noun (an answer or reply)
Uyghur
1 entries- جاۋاب noun (an answer or reply)
Uzbek
1 entries- javob noun (an answer or reply)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trả lời noun (an answer or reply)
Welsh
2 entries- ateb noun (an answer or reply)
- ymateb noun (an answer or reply)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
All I could mumble in response was that when I was a man of fifty, my mother would lean out of the window when I left and remind me not to drive too fast.
Source: tatoeba (58807)
Your response is greatly appreciated and will enable us to prepare more efficiently.
Source: tatoeba (64006)
The candidate made a quick response to the criticism.
Source: tatoeba (240377)
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