Synonyms of responded

responded

verb

past tense of respond

1

as in reacted

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

doctors studying how the brain responds to pain

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reacted
• replied
• answered
• returned
• read
• understood
• interpreted
• construed
• retaliated
• managed
• handled
• took
• negotiated
• contended (with)
• coped (with)
• grappled (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• acted
• caused
• affected
• behaved
• drew
• effected

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• replied
• answered
• reacted
• retorted
• commented
• rejoined
• returned
• explained
• riposted
• acknowledged
• remarked
• came back
• countered
• corresponded
• communicated
• defended
• fielded
• rebutted
• refuted
• denied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• asked
• inquired
• questioned
• examined
• challenged
• pumped
• interrogated
• surveyed
• grilled
• quizzed
• queried
• polled
• cross-examined

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of responded

Baltimore police responded to a disturbance involving a large group of students at The Rotunda in the Hampden neighborhood Monday afternoon, authorities said. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Nawrocki responded by withdrawing a state honor awarded to Zelenskyy, further escalating the tensions. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

His administration has responded by slow-walking city licensing in defiance of the council’s legal mandate. — Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

None of the parents responded to letters or text messages from ProPublica, and one declined to comment during a brief phone call. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026

Rob Bonta and Brenna Bird’s office do share the fact that neither of them responded to Deadline’s request for comment on the Iowa AG’s threat. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

Paramedics responded to the QuikTrip and transported one person to a hospital via ambulance. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026

For example, last year forty-three per cent of Americans between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four who responded to a Gallup survey felt positive about their local job market. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026

North Korea has not publicly responded to Trump’s call to curtail the exercises. — Stella Kim, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026