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单词 rejoinders
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rejoinder

noun

re·​join·​der ri-ˈjȯin-dər How to pronounce rejoinder (audio)
1
: the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
2
: reply
specifically : an answer to a reply

Synonyms

  • answer
  • comeback
  • replication
  • reply
  • response
  • retort
  • return
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Example Sentences

The article was a stinging rejoinder to her critics. he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English rejoiner, from Anglo-French rejoinder, from rejoinder, verb

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

rejoinder

noun

re·​join·​der ri-ˈjȯin-dər How to pronounce rejoinder (audio)
: reply entry 2

Legal Definition

rejoinder

noun

re·​join·​der ri-ˈjȯin-dər How to pronounce rejoinder (audio)
: an answer to a reply
specifically : the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's reply or replication under common-law pleading

History and Etymology for rejoinder

Anglo-French, from rejoindre rejoinder to make rejoinder, literally, to join again, meet, from Old French, from re- again + joindre to join

rejoinders

noun

plural of rejoinder
as in responses
something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • responses
  • replies
  • answers
  • retorts
  • reactions
  • remarks
  • returns
  • comebacks
  • comments
  • observations
  • repartees
  • rebuttals
  • refutations
  • banters
  • replications
  • communications
  • feedback
  • justifications
  • explanations
  • acknowledgments
  • back talks
  • persiflages
  • correspondences
  • acknowledgements
  • non sequiturs
  • defenses
  • pleas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • questions
  • inquiries
  • queries
  • interrogatories
  • interrogations
  • challenges
  • cross-examinations
  • charges
  • quizzes
  • surveys
  • questionnaires
  • polls
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