nnoun.communicationa statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusationSynset:answer response
Examples:- I waited several days for his answer
- he wrote replies to several of his critics
Derivationally Related Form:answerresponsivereply
Hypernyms:statement
Inherited Hypernyms:answerstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:feedbackrescript
Full Hyponyms:feedbackrescript
nnoun.communicationthe speech act of continuing a conversational exchangeSynset:response
Derivationally Related Form:reply
Hypernyms:speech act
Inherited Hypernyms:replyspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:answercomebackcountercounterblastechonon sequiturrejoinderreplicationretortreturnriposte
Full Hyponyms:answerconfutationcounterblastechoecholalianon sequiturrebuttalrefutationrejoindersassurim and thummim
vverb.communicationreact verballySynset:answer respond
Examples:- She didn't want to answer
- answer the question
- We answered that we would accept the invitation
Derivationally Related Form:responderansweranswererreplyrespondent
Hypernyms:say state tell
Inherited Hypernyms:answerstateexpress
Direct Hyponyms:bridlecall backcome backcounterfieldrejoinrepayretortreturnripostesass
Full Troponyms:bridlecall backcounterfieldretortsass
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s to somebody | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: answer, respond, reply)