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replynoun action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behaviordecided the best reply to a wrongful discharge from employment was a lawsuit claiming discrimination something spoken or written in reaction especially to a questionI look forward to your reply to my request answer, comeback, rejoinder, replication, response, retort, return back talk, banter, persiflage, reparteeacknowledgment(or acknowledgement), comment, communication, correspondence, feedback, non sequitur, observation, reaction, remarkdefense, explanation, justification, plea, rebuttal, refutation inquiry, query, question challenge, charge, cross-examination, grilling, interrogation, interrogatory, quizpoll, questionnaire, survey replyverbto act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)replied to the news that she had won the scholarship by jumping around the room and cheering react, respond answer, returnretaliateconstrue, interpret, read, take, understandcontend (with), cope (with), grapple (with), handle, manage, negotiate act, behaveaffect, cause, draw, effect to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reactionplease reply to my question at your earliest convenience answer, come back, rejoin, respond, retort, return, riposte acknowledge, comment, communicate, correspond, react, remarkcounter, defend, deny, explain, field, rebut, refute ask, inquire, question challenge, cross-examine, examine, grill, interrogate, pump, quizpoll, query, survey n.answer, response, reply, rejoinder, retort mean something spoken, written, or done in return.answer implies the satisfying of a question, demand, call, or need.had answers to all their questions response may imply a quick or spontaneous reaction to a person or thing that serves as a stimulus.a response to the call for recruits reply often suggests a thorough response to all issues, points, or questions raised.a point-by-point reply to the accusation rejoinder can be a response to a reply or to an objection.a salesman with a quick rejoinder to every argument retort implies a reaction to an implicit or explicit charge, criticism, or attack which contains a countercharge or counterattack.she made a cutting retort to her critics in the 14th century |