Synonyms of answers

answers 1 of 2

noun

plural of answer

1

as in responses

something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question

the standard answer of "Fine, thank you" when asked, "How are you?"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• responses
• replies
• reactions
• returns
• rejoinders
• retorts
• comments
• remarks
• observations
• comebacks
• feedback
• explanations
• replications
• communications
• banters
• back talks
• justifications
• rebuttals
• repartees
• refutations
• non sequiturs
• persiflages
• acknowledgments
• correspondences
• pleas
• defenses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questions
• inquiries
• queries
• challenges
• interrogatories
• charges
• interrogations
• surveys
• questionnaires
• quizzes
• polls
• cross-examinations

2

as in results

something attained by mental effort and especially by computation

the answers to the odd-numbered problems are at the back of the book

Synonyms & Similar Words

• results
• solutions
• explanations
• findings
• determinations
• clues
• conclusions
• keys

3

as in reactions

action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior

a cold stare was her withering answer to that gratuitous insult

Synonyms & Similar Words

• responses
• reactions
• replies
• takes
• reflexes
• rebounds
• kickbacks
• backlashes
• recoils
• counterresponses
• counterreactions
• revulsions
• rises

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• actions
• effects
• behaviors
• causes

answers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of answer

1

as in replies

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

• replies
• responds
• retorts
• reacts
• comments
• returns
• ripostes
• comes back
• explains
• remarks
• rejoins
• acknowledges
• corresponds
• counters
• communicates
• refutes
• fields
• defends
• denies
• rebuts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• asks
• questions
• inquires
• challenges
• examines
• pumps
• quizzes
• interrogates
• queries
• surveys
• polls
• grills
• cross-examines

2

as in corresponds

to be in agreement on every point

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• corresponds
• coincides
• agrees
• sorts
• consists
• conforms
• fits
• checks
• squares
• goes
• rhymes
• accords
• tallies
• dovetails
• jibes
• chords
• comports
• matches
• harmonizes
• parallels
• coheres
• falls in with
• aligns
• equals
• registers
• lines up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• differs (from)
• disagrees (with)
• contradicts
• disputes
• conflicts
• nullifies
• negates
• gainsays
• jars
• clashes

3

as in fulfills

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

• fulfills
• satisfies
• keeps
• completes
• meets
• fills
• complies (with)
• makes good
• concludes
• redeems
• abides by
• finalizes
• finishes
• brings about
• accomplishes
• achieves
• effects
• executes
• carries out
• perfects
• makes
• performs
• brings off
• consummates
• commits
• follows through (with)
• discharges
• compasses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaks
• violates
• breaches
• ignores
• transgresses
• defaults (on)
• forgets
• passes over
• disregards
• neglects
• overlooks
• slights
• overpasses

4

as in solves

to find an answer for through reasoning

try to answer this riddle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solves
• unravels
• resolves
• works out
• works
• figures out
• deciphers
• riddles (out)
• concludes
• cracks
• puzzles (out)
• reasons
• decides
• guesses
• judges
• unriddles
• deduces
• breaks
• gathers
• conjectures
• dopes (out)
• infers
• presumes
• assumes
• clears (up)
• speculates
• irons out
• divines
• straightens (out)
• unscrambles
• decodes
• unties
• untangles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of answers

Noun

Those conspiracy theories, Wagner said, are often ways of looking at the world that provide answers to questions when an outcome is too uncomfortable for people. — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Saturday’s second preseason game against the Giants hopefully can yield some answers. — Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026

An intelligence layer built on top of fragmented operational data produces answers that sound actionable and are not. — William Jones, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026

One company who might have some answers is The Set Up, the new indie production house that Colin From Accounts commissioner Alison Hurbert-Burns has just set up with Bruna Papandrea and Steve Hutensky’s influential Made Up Stories. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026

Same balance sheet, same day, with two defensible answers roughly thirteen percentage points apart, and neither carries a footnote explaining which convention was used. — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

And because no two children are the same, the answers are often unclear. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Ask teachers what matters most, and their answers have surprisingly little to do with shopping. — Adrienne Farr, Parents, 15 Aug. 2026

In Suisun City, the attack — and the lack of answers about what or who caused it — comes at a time when townsfolk already are primed to be suspicious. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Verb

An agent that answers every call Commure's AI Call Center Agents answer the phone 24/7, with zero hold time and zero after-hours dead ends. — Deepika Bodapati, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Don’t be surprised if Cooper Barkate answers to the name Spider-Man or any nickname close to it. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026

Trump answers Iran’s demand for war payments with a sweeping bill of his own. — FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Grady Hendrix answers the question of what happens to the final girl after the credits roll. — Alaina Urquhart, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

That evening, back at camp beside a fire, Billy answers Kris’ question with the monologue that is the film’s spine. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 10 Aug. 2026

Fortune Office Hours This week, Niki Armstrong, chief administrative and legal officer at data storage company Everpure, answers your burning workplace questions. — Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

The film ends with Ruth using a radio to ask if anyone’s out there — a call someone eventually answers. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026

How Tony would regard the film is a riddle that answers and negates itself, like his tattoo of a snake eating its own tail. — Laurie Woolever, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026