retort

retort

verb

Definition of RETORT

to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction <when told she couldn't have it, she retorted, “Fine, I didn't want it anyway!”>

Synonyms come back, rejoin, reply, respond, retort, return, riposte

Related Words acknowledge, comment, communicate, correspond, react, remark; counter, defend, deny, explain, field, rebut, refute

Near Antonyms challenge, cross-examine, examine, grill, interrogate, pump, quiz; poll, query, survey

Antonyms ask, inquire, question