Roget's Thesaurus

#462. Answer

Nouns

answer, response, reply, replication, riposte, rejoinder, surrejoinder, rebutter, surrebutter, retort, repartee; rescript, rescription; antiphon, antiphony; acknowledgment; password; echo; counter statement. discovery etc. 480a; solution etc. (explanation) 522; rationale etc. (cause) 153; clue etc. (indication) 550. Oedipus; oracle etc. 513; return etc. (record) 551.

Verbs

answer, respond, reply, rebut, retort, rejoin; give for answer, return for answer; acknowledge, echo. explain etc. (interpret) 522; solve etc. (unriddle) 522; discover etc. 480a; fathom, hunt out etc. (inquire) 461; satisfy, set at rest, determine.

Adjectives

answering etc. v.; responsive, respondent; conclusive.

Adverbs

because etc. (cause) 153; on the scent, on the right scent.

Interjections

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