Antonyms for answer back

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : an-ser, ahn-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn sər, ˈɑn-

Definition of answer back

Origin : Old English andswaru "an answer, a reply," from and- "against" (see ante) + -swaru "affirmation," from swerian "to swear" (see swear), suggesting an original sense of "make a sworn statement rebutting a charge." A common Germanic compound (cf. Old Saxon antswor, Old Norse andsvar, Old Frisian ondser, Danish and Swedish ansvar), implying a Proto-Germanic *andswara-. Meaning "a reply to a question," the main modern sense, was present in Old English. Meaning "solution of a problem" is from c.1300.

As in comeback : noun snappy retort
As in mouth off : verb talk back
As in react : verb respond; conduct oneself
As in respond : verb act in answer to something
As in retort : verb answer
As in sass : verb talk back
As in answer : verb reply, react

Example sentences :

He rattled his sword in its brazen scabbard, but it gave no answer back to him.
Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by Edmond Leamy

It was impossible not to answer back to that earnest affection he was expressing.
Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day

The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me.
Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various

Demoteles, who brings you this letter, will bring your answer back to us.
Extract from : « The Antiquities of the Jews » by Flavius Josephus

We shouted all the time; and by and by we got a faint kind of an answer back.
Extract from : « Two on the Trail » by Hulbert Footner

When I get the right kind of an answer back, Ill let you go—not before.
Extract from : « Tom Fairfield's Hunting Trip » by Allen Chapman

And the heart cannot answer back the intellect with arguments of language.
Extract from : « The World's Great Sermons, Volume 7: Hale to Farrar » by Various

He proceeds to corporal punishment, exclaiming, "So you answer back, do you?"
Extract from : « Legends » by August Strindberg

I will not, she said firmly to herself, I will not answer back.
Extract from : « Nelly's First Schooldays » by Josephine Franklin

But if she could not answer back in public, at least she could answer back in private.
Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Lord Byron » by Francis Henry Gribble

Synonyms for answer back

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