Synonyms of answered

answered

verb

past tense of answer

1

as in replied

to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction

didn't answer right away when the detective asked him where he'd been for the last three hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• replied
• responded
• retorted
• reacted
• rejoined
• commented
• returned
• explained
• riposted
• acknowledged
• came back
• remarked
• countered
• corresponded
• communicated
• rebutted
• refuted
• defended
• denied
• fielded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• asked
• inquired
• questioned
• examined
• challenged
• interrogated
• pumped
• grilled
• surveyed
• quizzed
• queried
• polled
• cross-examined

2

as in corresponded

to be in agreement on every point

sorry, I haven't seen anyone answering to that description

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corresponded
• agreed
• coincided
• conformed
• fitted
• checked
• consisted
• fit
• went
• tallied
• rhymed
• sorted
• accorded
• dovetailed
• harmonized
• matched
• squared
• jibed
• fell in with
• aligned
• comported
• cohered
• rimed
• chorded
• equalled
• equaled
• registered
• paralleled
• alined
• lined up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differed (from)
• disagreed (with)
• disputed
• contradicted
• nullified
• negated
• gainsaid
• clashed
• conflicted
• jarred

3

as in fulfilled

to do what is required by the terms of

I don't have a box cutter as such, but will this knife answer the purpose?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fulfilled
• satisfied
• kept
• completed
• met
• filled
• redeemed
• made good
• concluded
• complied (with)
• finished
• finalized
• accomplished
• made good on
• abided by
• executed
• achieved
• carried out
• consummated
• made
• effected
• performed
• perfected
• brought about
• committed
• brought off
• discharged
• compassed
• followed through (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• violated
• broke
• breached
• ignored
• transgressed
• disregarded
• neglected
• overlooked
• forgot
• passed over
• defaulted (on)
• slighted
• overpassed

4

as in solved

to find an answer for through reasoning

try to answer this riddle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solved
• unraveled
• resolved
• worked
• concluded
• figured out
• worked out
• deciphered
• wrought
• cracked
• riddled (out)
• puzzled (out)
• decided
• doped (out)
• gathered
• reasoned
• deduced
• guessed
• judged
• broke
• unriddled
• inferred
• assumed
• presumed
• cleared (up)
• speculated
• untied
• conjectured
• straightened (out)
• divined
• ironed out
• decoded
• untangled
• unscrambled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of answered

When the federal government reached an agreement with Alabama officials last October to address destructive flooding in the predominantly Black Shiloh community, residents thought their calls for help had finally been answered. —Maia Rosenfeld, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025

With those questions answered, turn to a free online calculator, where you will be prompted to plug in the variables that apply to you. —Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025

There were times when Washington tried to speed things up on Ohio State’s defense, and the Buckeyes answered. —Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025

Looking at 2024 and MFO’s own data, the Office answered 3,853 specific shooting requests, up almost 18% from 2023, which already saw a 17% climb in demands from the previous year. —Annika Pham, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025

Today, Pfizer answered and agreed to lower prices for the American people. —Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025

Questions the younger Kant had answered glibly were now declared insoluble. —Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025

But the study team hopes the experience will be a way for people to engage with science and pull back the curtain on how the questions about human behavior are answered, Mehr said. —Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025

The panel unanimously answered yes to the first special question and no to the second. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2025