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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | back talk |
| Synonyms: | answer, cheek, guff, lip, mouth, nasty reply, retort, sauce |
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| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reply, react |
| Synonyms: | 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* |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Antonyms: | ask, question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally fight |
| Synonyms: | altercate, bandy, battle, bicker, break with, buck, bump heads, contend, cross, cross swords, disagree, dispute, face down, face off, feud, gang up on, get in one's face, go one on one, hammer, hammer away, hash, hash over, hassle, have at each other, have at it, jump, jump on, knock around, lock horns, mix it up, pettifog, pick an argument, put up a fight, put up a struggle, quarrel, quibble, rehash, row, sass, set to, sock it to, squabble, stick it to, talk back, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, harmonize, ignore, overlook |
| Main Entry: | assumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
| Synonyms: | brass, chutzpah*, cockiness, conceit, imperiousness, insolence, nerve, presumption, pride, sass, self-importance |
| Antonyms: | genuineness, naturalness, reality, realness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | back talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rude answer |
| Synonyms: | back answer, backchat, cheek, comeback, guff, insolence, insult, lip, mouth, nasty reply, rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, sass, sauce, short answer, uptake |
| Main Entry: | defiance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience, disregard |
| Synonyms: | affront, audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, contrariness, contumacy, dare, defy, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air, impudence, impugnment, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, lip, muster*, opposition, order, perversity, provocation, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, revolt, sass, spite, stump, summons, temerity, throwing of the gauntlet, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | acquiescence, obedience, regard, respect, submission, subordination |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | effrontery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nerve, boldness |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, assurance, audacity, backtalk, brashness, brass, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah*, crust, disrespect, face, gall, guff, hardihood, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insolence, lip, presumption, rudeness, sass, sauce, self-assurance, self-confidence, shamelessness, smart talk, temerity |
| Antonyms: | manners, modesty, shame, shyness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impertinence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness |
| Synonyms: | assurance, audacity, back talk, backchat, brazenness, cheek, chutzpah*, come-back, crust, disrespect, disrespectfulness, effrontery, forwardness, freshness, gall, guff, hardihood, impropriety, impudence, incivility, insolence, insolency, lip, nerve, pertness, presumption, rudeness, sass, smart mouth, wise guy, wisecrack |
| Antonyms: | humility, manners, politeness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insolence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boldness, disrespect |
| Synonyms: | abuse, arrogance, audacity, back talk, brass, brazenness, cheek, chutzpah*, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, effrontery, gall, guff, hardihood, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insubordination, lip, offensiveness, pertness, presumption, rudeness, sass, sauce, uncivility |
| Antonyms: | humility, modesty, politeness, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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