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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
As I traced one of them with my finger, he answered simply that he’d had an operation on his nerves.
If these devices produce answers to problems considered impossible for classical machines, how can anyone confirm that the results are correct?
At the start of the first round they are all sent an excel file at the same time and have a 30-minute window to answer as many questions in that file as they can.
They are still seeking answers, they say, about the long-term effects of radiation that their children and others may have been exposed to.
Asking exhausted organisers how the project was going normally elicited more tired laughs or horrified stares than answers.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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