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Synonyms for answer back
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : an-ser, ahn- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæn sər, ˈɑn- |
Top 10 synonyms for answer back Other synonyms for the word answer back
- act in response
- answer back
- back at you
- back talk
- backfire
- be affected
- be in touch
- be in touch with
- boomerang
- bounce back
- come back at
- come in
- comeback
- contest
- counterclaim
- crack
- disprove
- dispute
- echo
- explain
- feedback
- feel
- feel for
- field the question
- function
- get back at
- get back to
- get in touch
- give a snappy comeback
- give back
- give lip
- have a funny feeling
- have vibes
- mouth off
- operate
- parry
- perform
- plead
- proceed
- quip
- react
- rebound
- rebut
- reciprocate
- recoil
- recur
- refute
- rejoin
- rejoinder
- remark
- repartee
- repay
- reply
- requite
- resolve
- respond
- response
- retaliate
- retaliation
- retort
- return
- revert
- riposte
- sass
- sass back
- say
- settle
- shoot back
- snap back
- solve
- squelch
- take
- talk back
- top
- turn back
- wise off
- work
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for answer back
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