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answer
Strongest matches
comment, explanation, feedback, interpretation, justification, key, observation, rebuttal, remark, report, resolution, response, result, return, sign, solution, statement
Strong matches
acknowledgment, antiphon, close, comeback, cooler, counterclaim, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, guff, lip, plea, refutation, rejoinder, repartee, retort, riposte, topper, vindication, wisecrack
Weak matches
Band-Aid, back talk, backcap, parting shot, pay dirt, quick fix, rhetorical question, thank-you note, the ticket
Strongest matches
acknowledge, argue, claim, defend, deny, explain, plead, resolve, respond, return, say, solve
Strong matches
comeback, contest, counterclaim, disprove, dispute, echo, feedback, parry, rebut, refute, rejoin, remark, retaliate, retort, sass, settle, squelch, top
Weak matches
answer back, back at you, back-talk, be in touch, field the question, get back at, get back to, give a snappy comeback, shoot back, talk back
Example Sentences
For now, the revelations leave the White House with mounting questions — and the families of the dead without answers.
The brewer's answer was brief but revealing: "By watching the foam."
The line protected Johnson when he needed the time, and Centennial had no answer for Mosley.
So while the police can sometimes take down big operations, we shouldn't look to the police as the strategic answer for this.
"That caught me on the spot and I gave him some answers, and I will be interested to know if I was correct or not," she says.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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