Synonyms of replies

replies 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of reply

1

as in responds

to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)

replied to the news that she had won the scholarship by jumping around the room and cheering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• responds
• reacts
• answers
• returns
• reads
• interprets
• understands
• retaliates
• contends (with)
• construes
• manages
• handles
• takes
• negotiates
• copes (with)
• grapples (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• acts
• causes
• affects
• draws
• behaves
• effects

2

as in answers

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

please reply to my question at your earliest convenience

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

replies

2 of 2

noun

plural of reply

1

as in responses

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

decided the best reply to a wrongful discharge from employment was a lawsuit claiming discrimination

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• actions
• effects
• causes
• behaviors

2

as in reactions

something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question

I look forward to your reply to my request

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of replies

Verb

The warehouse manager casually replies, 'Oh, that's Customer X's inventory. — Natalie Lemke, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The video then shows Duff taking off her earpiece and saying something to her bandmate, who replies with an unsure gesture. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

Thomas comments with three lovestruck emojis, and Kerstin replies with two. — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Abbass plays a housewife named Aida who replies to a casting call for extras to make ends meet. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 May 2026

But Eunice only replies that the chairwoman is excited to work with him and Ashley on the wellness center. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026

Maddy replies that Cassie might currently just be a big fish in a small pond. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2026

O'Brien replies with a surprised smile, before being led to his new office at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026

The voice that replies, however, is not that of his wife but rather an impoverished young woman who has entered the medium’s caravan to steal food. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2026

Noun

Once connected, ChatGPT can pull up recent conversations, answer questions about what's in them, and compose and send replies as the user. — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

After posting a video earlier this week asking if anyone else couldn’t stop purchasing diamonds via TikTok, his comment section quickly flooded with more than a thousand replies from people across the country, all confessing their little secret. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026

Carrington’s social media replies are littered with comments calling her violent, along with derogatory statements about her race and sexuality. — Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026

Based upon their replies, occupying Allied officials ranked their culpability, then tried the worst offenders — most famously in the Nuremberg trials, but also in numerous local tribunals. — Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

The most common replies were being mentally sharp and clear, being free of serious illness or disease, financial stability, emotional well-being, living independently, having energy to do enjoyable things, and being strong, mobile and active. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

There was a July 29 deadline for people to submit oppositions to the petitions to deny ABC’s license renewals, and there is an August 5 deadline for replies to the opposition filings. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026

Evidently, some of it was pretty heated, with dozens of replies removed by moderators. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 July 2026

The request was aimed at first-time viewers of the World Cup, or even those just getting into the game, but the replies also included thoughts from people who have followed football for much longer than the past six weeks. — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 22 July 2026