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response
noun as in answer, reaction
Strong matches
acknowledgment, antiphon, comeback, counter, echo, hit, kickback, lip, rejoinder, retort, reverberation, riposte, sass, vibes, wisecrack
Weak matches
back talk, double-take, knee-jerk reaction, respond, snappy comeback
Example Sentences
I think the response of the French government so far has been pretty appropriate in that regard.
Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days.
What is known is that Peña Nieto bungled his response to the crisis.
But the enduring response—stop the world, I want to get off—is the same.
With enough changing of the influenza RNA over time, the vaccine no longer provokes the “right” immune response.
To make the effort of articulation a vital impulse in response to a mental concept,—this is the object sought.
There was no response to the knock, and Davy cautiously pushed open the door and went in.
The knocker appeared to hear the response, and to assert that it was quite impossible he could wait so long.
Winifred, indeed, in response to a question, said faintly that she thought she could keep going if she had a drink of milk.
To this there was no response, the stranger thinking with bitterness that his trip was anything but one of pleasure.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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