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answer
Overview of noun answer
The noun answer has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (31) answer, reply, response -- (a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics")
2. (24) solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent -- (a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places")
3. (12) answer -- (the speech act of replying to a question)
4. answer -- (the principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims)
5. answer -- (a nonverbal reaction; "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me")
Overview of verb answer
The verb answer has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (63) answer, reply, respond -- (reply or respond to; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation")
2. (8) answer -- (give the correct answer or solution to; "answer a question"; "answer the riddle")
3. (7) answer -- (respond to a signal; "answer the door"; "answer the telephone")
4. (5) answer, resolve -- (understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered")
5. (4) answer -- (give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument); "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution")
6. answer -- (be liable or accountable; "She must answer for her actions")
7. suffice, do, answer, serve -- (be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve")
8. answer -- (match or correspond; "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave")
9. answer -- (be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of; "This may answer her needs")
10. answer -- (react to a stimulus or command; "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun answer
5 senses of answer
Sense 1
answer, reply, response
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
answer
=> reply, response
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
answer
=> pleading
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
answer
=> reaction, response
=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun answer
4 of 5 senses of answer
Sense 1
answer, reply, response
=> rescript
=> feedback
Sense 2
solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
=> denouement
Sense 3
answer
=> Urim and Thummim
=> refutation, defense, defence
Sense 4
answer
=> evasive answer
=> nolo contendere, non vult
=> plea
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun answer
5 senses of answer
Sense 1
answer, reply, response
=> statement
Sense 2
solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
=> statement
Sense 3
answer
=> reply, response
Sense 4
answer
=> pleading
Sense 5
answer
=> reaction, response
Antonyms of noun answer
1 of 5 senses of answer
Sense 3
answer
Antonym of question (Sense 1)
=>question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogation
Member Holonyms of noun answer
Substance Holonyms of noun answer
Part Holonyms of noun answer
Member Meronyms of noun answer
Substance Meronyms of noun answer
Part Meronyms of noun answer
Meronyms of noun answer
Holonyms of noun answer
Attributes of noun answer
Derived Forms of noun answer
5 senses of answer
Sense 1
answer, reply, response
RELATED TO>(verb) answer#1
=> answer, reply, respond
Sense 2
solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
RELATED TO>(verb) answer#2
=> answer
Sense 3
answer
RELATED TO>(verb) answer#1
=> answer, reply, respond
Sense 4
answer
RELATED TO>(verb) answer#5
=> answer
Sense 5
answer
RELATED TO>(verb) answer#10
=> answer
RELATED TO>(verb) answer#3
=> answer
Domain of noun answer
1 of 5 senses of answer
Sense 4
answer
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Domain Terms of noun answer
Familiarity of noun answer
answer used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun answer
5 senses of answer
Sense 1
answer, reply, response
> statement
=> summary, sum-up
=> pleading
=> amendment
=> thing
=> truth, true statement
=> description, verbal description
=> declaration
=> announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration
=> Bill of Rights
=> formula
=> mathematical statement
=> bid, bidding
=> word
=> explanation, account
=> explicandum, explanandum
=> explanans
=> value statement
=> representation
=> solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
=> answer, reply, response
=> announcement, promulgation
=> prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication
=> proposition
=> quotation
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> understatement
=> reservation, qualification
=> cautious statement
=> comment, commentary
=> remark, comment
=> rhetorical question
=> misstatement
=> restatement
=> agreement, understanding
=> condition, term
=> estimate
=> formula, chemical formula
=> representation
=> declaration
=> assurance
=> recital
=> negation
Sense 2
solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
> statement
=> summary, sum-up
=> pleading
=> amendment
=> thing
=> truth, true statement
=> description, verbal description
=> declaration
=> announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration
=> Bill of Rights
=> formula
=> mathematical statement
=> bid, bidding
=> word
=> explanation, account
=> explicandum, explanandum
=> explanans
=> value statement
=> representation
=> solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
=> answer, reply, response
=> announcement, promulgation
=> prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication
=> proposition
=> quotation
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> understatement
=> reservation, qualification
=> cautious statement
=> comment, commentary
=> remark, comment
=> rhetorical question
=> misstatement
=> restatement
=> agreement, understanding
=> condition, term
=> estimate
=> formula, chemical formula
=> representation
=> declaration
=> assurance
=> recital
=> negation
Sense 3
answer
> reply, response
=> counterblast
=> non sequitur
=> rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter
=> echo
=> answer
Sense 4
answer
> pleading
=> affirmative pleading
=> alternative pleading, pleading in the alternative
=> answer
=> charge, complaint
=> complaint
=> defective pleading
=> demurrer
=> rebutter, rebuttal
=> replication
=> rejoinder
=> special pleading
=> surrebutter, surrebuttal
=> surrejoinder
Sense 5
answer
> reaction, response
=> automatism
=> rebound
=> overreaction
=> galvanic skin response, GSR, psychogalvanic response, electrodermal response, electrical skin response, Fere phenomenon, Tarchanoff phenomenon
=> immune response, immune reaction, immunologic response
=> tropism
=> taxis
=> kinesis
=> double take
=> reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
=> learned reaction, learned response
=> passage, passing
=> answer
=> transfusion reaction
Meronyms of noun answer
5 senses of answer
Sense 4
answer
=> pleading
HAS PART: bill of Particulars
Holonyms of noun answer
Grep of noun answer
answer
answerability
answerableness
answerer
answering machine
evasive answer
Antonyms of verb answer
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb answer
10 senses of answer
Sense 1
answer, reply, respond
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 2
answer
=> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
=> understand
Sense 3
answer
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Sense 4
answer, resolve
=> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
=> understand
Sense 5
answer
=> refute, rebut
=> renounce, repudiate
=> reject
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 6
answer
=> be
Sense 7
suffice, do, answer, serve
=> satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to
=> meet, fit, conform to
=> match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
=> equal, be
Sense 8
answer
=> match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
=> equal, be
Sense 9
answer
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 10
answer
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb answer
2 of 10 senses of answer
Sense 1
answer, reply, respond
=> call back
=> counter
=> field
=> sass
=> retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin
=> bridle
Sense 7
suffice, do, answer, serve
=> tide over, bridge over, keep going
=> go a long way
=> serve, function
=> qualify, measure up
=> go around
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb answer
10 senses of answer
Sense 1
answer, reply, respond
=> state, say, tell
Sense 2
answer
=> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
Sense 3
answer
=> react, respond
Sense 4
answer, resolve
=> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
Sense 5
answer
=> refute, rebut
Sense 6
answer
=> be
Sense 7
suffice, do, answer, serve
=> satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to
Sense 8
answer
=> match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
Sense 9
answer
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
Sense 10
answer
=> react, respond
'Cause To' of verb answer
Derived Forms of verb answer
6 of 10 senses of answer
Sense 1
answer, reply, respond
RELATED TO>(noun) answer#1
=> answer, reply, response
RELATED TO>(noun) answer#3
=> answer
RELATED TO>(noun) answerer#1
=> respondent, responder, answerer
Sense 2
answer
RELATED TO>(noun) answer#2
=> solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
Sense 3
answer
RELATED TO>(noun) answer#5
=> answer
Sense 4
answer, resolve
RELATED TO>(adj) answerable#1
=> answerable
Sense 5
answer
RELATED TO>(noun) answer#4
=> answer
Sense 10
answer
RELATED TO>(noun) answer#5
=> answer
Domain of verb answer
Domain Terms of verb answer
Familiarity of verb answer
answer used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count =10)
Sample Sentences of verb answer
10 senses of answer
Sense 1
answer, reply, respond
EX: They answer that there was a traffic accident
Sense 2
answer
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
answer
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
answer, resolve
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
answer
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
answer
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 7
suffice, do, answer, serve
*> Something ----s
Sense 8
answer
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Something ----s something
Sense 9
answer
*> Something ----s something
Sense 10
answer
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb answer
10 senses of answer
Sense 1
answer, reply, respond
> state, say, tell
=> present, represent, lay out
=> misstate
=> answer, reply, respond
=> precede, preface, premise, introduce
=> announce, declare
=> articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise
=> get out
=> declare
=> declare
=> note, observe, mention, remark
=> add, append, supply
=> explain
=> give
=> summarize, summarise, sum, sum up
Sense 2
answer
> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
=> answer, resolve
=> riddle
=> strike
=> guess, infer
=> answer
=> break
Sense 3
answer
> react, respond
=> treat
=> bristle
=> overreact
=> answer
=> accept
=> stool
=> respond
=> greet
=> explode
=> accept
=> answer
=> refuse, decline
=> accept, consent, go for
=> wonder, marvel
=> notice, acknowledge
=> resist, reject, refuse
Sense 4
answer, resolve
> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
=> answer, resolve
=> riddle
=> strike
=> guess, infer
=> answer
=> break
Sense 5
answer
> refute, rebut
=> oppose, controvert, contradict
=> answer
Sense 6
answer
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 7
suffice, do, answer, serve
> satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to
=> suffice, do, answer, serve
=> cover
Sense 8
answer
> match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
=> consist
=> look
=> answer
=> coincide
=> align
=> correlate
=> parallel
=> twin, duplicate, parallel
=> square
=> corroborate, underpin, bear out, support
=> resemble
=> meet, fit, conform to
=> homologize
=> befit, suit, beseem
=> harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree
=> pattern
=> adhere
=> rhyme, rime
Sense 9
answer
> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
=> answer
=> quell, stay, appease
=> feed on, feed upon
=> quench, slake, allay, assuage
Sense 10
answer
> react, respond
=> treat
=> bristle
=> overreact
=> answer
=> accept
=> stool
=> respond
=> greet
=> explode
=> accept
=> answer
=> refuse, decline
=> accept, consent, go for
=> wonder, marvel
=> notice, acknowledge
=> resist, reject, refuse
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb answer
Sense 1
answer, reply, respond
=> state, say, tell
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Sense 2
answer
=> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
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Sense 3
answer
=> react, respond
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Sense 4
answer, resolve
=> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
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Sense 5
answer
=> refute, rebut
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Sense 6
answer
=> be
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Sense 7
suffice, do, answer, serve
=> satisfy, fulfill, fulfil, live up to
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Sense 8
answer
=> match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree
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Sense 9
answer
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
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Sense 10
answer
=> react, respond
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Grep of verb answer
answer
answer for
Grep of adj answer
answerable
answering
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