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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of respond

1 to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence)
  • doctors studying how the brain responds to pain
Synonyms of respond

react, reply
Words Related to respond

answer, return

retaliate

construe, interpret, read, take, understand

contend (with), cope (with), grapple (with), handle, manage, negotiate
Near Antonyms of respond

act, behave

affect, cause, draw, effect
2 to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction
  • The students energetically participated in the discussion, responding to the teacher's questions and comments with alacrity and enthusiasm.
Synonyms of respond

answer, come back, rejoin, reply, retort, return, riposte
Words Related to respond

acknowledge, comment, communicate, correspond, react, remark

counter, defend, deny, explain, field, rebut, refute
Near Antonyms of respond

challenge, cross-examine, examine, grill, interrogate, pump, quiz

poll, query, survey
Antonyms of respond

ask, inquire, question

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