reply
To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
Other meanings
To act or gesture in response.
“Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.”
To repeat something back; to echo.
Synonyms
- respond
- answer
- answer back
- react
- counter
- return
- follow up
Related words
- unreplied
- autoreply
- counterreply
- misreply
- replyer
- unrepliable
- nonreplying
- replyingly
- unreplying
Word history
From Latin "replico" (replicō, replicāre).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “reply” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.