RESPONDED Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

responded

verb

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past tense of respond

as in reacted

to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence) doctors studying how the brain responds to pain

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as in replied

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

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Recent Examples of responded The project also would put to a new use a cineplex built for another era when multiple screens responded to the demand by the movie-going public. —

Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026 The Hawks responded back with a scoring drive. —

Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2026 His sister rarely liked his texts and never responded. —

Weike Wang, New Yorker, 17 May 2026 Twelve former government officials from the EEOC and the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs responded with a statement yesterday warning of the risks to workers, employers and the public from abandoning workforce data collection. —

Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 Many of the contenders responded to the crime concerns with wide-ranging proposals, including building megaprisons, restricting food for prisoners and reinstating the death penalty for serious crimes. —

Arkansas Online, 16 May 2026 Stetson responded in the bottom of the second as right fielder Gia Napoli’s RBI double drove in second baseman Madelyn Synoracki to trim the lead to 4-1. —

Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026 The case came to a head when Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to Jansen’s home for a medical call involving his father. —

Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 May 2026 Someone stole a truck from the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society while its staff responded to a wildfire in a Chino Hills neighborhood. —

Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 16 May 2026

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The Polish government last week reacted with disbelief at news that 4,000 troops from the Army’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division were no longer en route as planned to the country that borders Ukraine.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 May 2026
Crowds gathered outside Miami's Freedom Tower and at Versailles Restaurant on Wednesday as members of South Florida's Cuban exile community reacted emotionally to the federal indictment of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro in connection with the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown.

— Sergio Candido, CBS News, 20 May 2026