Antonyms for response
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-spons |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈspɒns |
Definition of response
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French respons (Modern French réponse) and directly from Latin responsum "an answer," noun use of neuter past participle of respondere "to respond" (see respond).
- noun answer, reaction
- Ask the young noble, who has been to him as a father; and his response will be 'Anaxagoras.'
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Certain faculties develop in response to the pressure of environment.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Receiving no response she knocked again, this time with more force.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- By response to response we spin round a friend the age-web which lengthens into the death-web.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- She could not allude to such things without at least a possibility of response.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- To the whole audience, in response to the laughter sure to ensue.
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- And always, in response to every argument, Mary shook her head in negation.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- But the confident tone brought no response of agreement from Mary.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The nurses read the response a little slowly, as if they, too, were weary.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- In response to cards, I get "regrets," or women simply stay away.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
Synonyms for response
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