Thesaurus / answer back
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synonyms for answer back
- acknowledge
- argue
- claim
- defend
- deny
- explain
- plead
- resolve
- respond
- return
- say
- solve
- comeback
- contest
- counterclaim
- disprove
- dispute
- echo
- feedback
- parry
- rebut
- refute
- rejoin
- remark
- retaliate
- retort
- sass
- settle
- squelch
- top
- 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
- acknowledge
- act
- answer
- behave
- counter
- feel
- perform
- proceed
- reply
- revert
- backfire
- boomerang
- echo
- function
- operate
- rebound
- reciprocate
- recoil
- recur
- return
- take
- work
- be affected
- bounce back
- get back at
- give a snappy comeback
- give back
- have a funny feeling
- have vibes
- talk back
- turn back
- acknowledge
- answer
- behave
- come back
- counter
- react
- reply
- return
- reciprocate
- rejoin
- retort
- act in response
- be in touch with
- come back at
- come in
- feedback
- feel for
- field the question
- get back to
- get in touch
- talk back
- rebut
- counter
- crack
- rejoin
- repay
- reply
- requite
- respond
- retaliate
- return
- riposte
- sass
- squelch
- top
- come back at
- shoot back
- snap back
- talk back
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How to use answer back in a sentence
I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANAges back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSThe boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINWith a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERShe was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINThe strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSDrowned every few seconds by our tremendous salvoes, this more nervous noise crept back insistently into our ears in the interval.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONOff went the officers again, some distance to the front, and then back again to their men, and got them on a little further.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe Goliath wouldn't answer; the Dublin said the force was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONA few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONWORDS RELATED TO ANSWER BACK
- acknowledge
- answer back
- argue
- back at you
- back-talk
- be in touch
- claim
- comeback
- contest
- counterclaim
- defend
- deny
- disprove
- dispute
- echo
- explain
- feedback
- field the question
- get back at
- get back to
- give a snappy comeback
- parry
- plead
- rebut
- refute
- rejoin
- remark
- resolve
- respond
- retaliate
- retort
- return
- sass
- say
- settle
- shoot back
- solve
- squelch
- talk back
- top
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.