ANSWERING Synonyms: 145 Similar and Opposite Words

answering

verb

present participle of answer

as in responding

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

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as in corresponding

to be in agreement on every point sorry, I haven't seen anyone answering to that description

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as in fulfilling

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?

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as in solving

to find an answer for through reasoning try to answer this riddle

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Recent Examples of answering The teams traded goals later in the second with Toffoli scoring on the rush for San Jose and DeBrusk answering on the power play. —

CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026 In another campaign video, the Euphoria actress takes on the role of Roach's assistant, answering calls, carrying boxes and offering him a sip of a beverage. —

Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026 For all its talk of shocking Gen-Z specificity, Levinson’s TV show has also ushered its mostly teen cast into adulthood without answering many questions that are key to the coming-of-age subgenre. —

Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026 Woolford has been doing this job and answering the hotline for more than 25 years. —

Tom Bowman, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026 Despite the billions of dollars that companies such as Google and OpenAI have poured into building massive AI models, the tools still do a poor job of, say, visually analyzing satellite imagery or answering questions about what an image is missing but should have, Dai said. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026 As Barca’s German manager finished answering the final question of his post-match press conference, his eyes fixed on the back of the room. —

Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026 Instead of only answering questions, the robot can take action. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026 Even now, with Brooklyn across his chest and the NBA asking much bigger questions of him, Powell is still answering with the same habits. —

C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026

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One person is dead and a juvenile is in critical condition after a Dallas Fire-Rescue unit responding to an emergency call was involved in a major crash Thursday afternoon in southeast Dallas, officials said.

— Doug Myers, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
SROs have been controversial, with critics doubting on-campus law enforcement’s efficacy in responding to school shootings.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026