rejoin

to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction <when I asked my daughter if she wouldn't mind picking up dinner on her way home from soccer practice, she rejoined, “Only if you wouldn't mind me taking out the pickup later tonight!”> Synonyms come back, answer, reply, respond, retort, return, riposteRelated Words acknowledge, comment, communicate, correspond, react, remark; counter, defend, deny, explain, field, rebut, refuteNear Antonyms challenge, cross-examine, examine, grill, interrogate, pump, quiz; poll, query, surveyAntonyms ask, inquire, question