Synonyms of responses

responses

noun

plural of response

1

as in reactions

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

my response to my first boxing defeat was to train even harder

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• actions
• effects
• behaviors
• causes

2

as in replies

something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question

the real estate office's unhelpful response to my question about what houses in the area are renting for

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of responses

Forty staff members responded (with some opting not to answer everything, so some questions don’t have 40 responses). — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

But dropping the questions could boost responses without risking privacy violations. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

The researchers found that there was no difference in either the stock market performance or revenues between the two responses. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

The Star attempted to contact Sanctuary Lawrence and Sanchez-Corona’s employer multiple times and did not receive responses. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026

The league’s anti-tanking rules are, then, responses to moral decline. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

Research-Grade Interviewing Beyond collecting responses, ascertain whether the system uses research-grade interviewing to probe for deeper meaning. — Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Rather than explaining behavior solely in terms of observable stimuli and responses, cognitive psychologists investigated ways in which individuals acquire, organize, store, and use information. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Sep. 2026

For someone with an eating disorder, those responses can be part of the cycle through which symptoms are reinforced and recovery becomes more difficult. — Jessica Scheer, STAT, 2 Sep. 2026