replied

VERB

answer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acknowledge come back counter react respond retort

STRONG

echo feedback reciprocate rejoin retaliate return riposte squelch top

WEAK

be in touch field the question get back to shoot back write back

Antonyms

STRONGEST

question request

Example Sentences

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When asked why he was selling them, he replied: "Perhaps you should ask the manager, he's the owner."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Panish replied: “You never once said you were sorry before you came just now after the jury awarded the money against your wife, did you, sir?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Sir Jeffrey replied: "That did not happen. The answer to that is absolutely no."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Friedman replied, noting he had heard Walker speak of Epstein “always with great admiration.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"Well," Sam replied very slowly, "Sam has disappeared. He turned into someone else, I think."

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry