RESPOND: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for RESPOND?

Need another word that means the same as “respond”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “respond” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Respond” are: answer, reply, react, reply to, say something in response to, say in response, rejoin, retort, return, riposte, counter, fling back, hurl back, retaliate, come back, react to, act in response to, make a response

Respond as a Verb

Definitions of "Respond" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “respond” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• (of a congregation) say or sing the response in reply to a priest.
• React quickly or positively to a stimulus or treatment.
• (of a person) do something as a reaction to someone or something.
• Make (a bid) in answer to one's partner's preceding bid.
• Say something in reply.
• Respond favorably or as hoped.
• React verbally.
• Show a response or a reaction to something.

Synonyms of "Respond" as a verb (18 Words)

act in response to	Have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected.
answer	Give the correct answer or solution to. Answer the question.
come back	Be a native of.
counter	Act in advance of; deal with ahead of time. He countered with some very persuasive arguments.
fling back	Move in an abrupt or headlong manner.
hurl back	Throw forcefully.
make a response	Calculate as being.
react	Undergo a chemical reaction react with another substance under certain conditions. The market reacted by falling a further 3 1.
react to	Show a response or a reaction to something.
rejoin	Join together again; reunite. The stone had been cracked and crudely rejoined.
reply	Say something in response to something someone has said. He was gone before we could reply to his last remark.
reply to	React verbally.
retaliate	Make an attack in return for a similar attack. The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing.
retort	Use (an opponent’s argument) against them. He was resolute to retort the charge of treason on his foes.
return	Return to a previous position in mathematics. They had six passes intercepted five were returned for touchdowns.
riposte	Make a return thrust. His opponent riposted.
say in response	Communicate or express nonverbally.
say something in response to	Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.

Usage Examples of "Respond" as a verb

• The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy.
• ‘It's not part of my job,’ Belinda responded.
• She could not get Robert to respond to her words.
• His back injury has failed to respond to treatment.
• To partner's opening one heart it is dangerous to respond two clubs.
• He responded that it would not be feasible.
• East would have responded holding a high spade honour plus an ace.
• She responded to his grin with a smile.

Associations of "Respond" (30 Words)

address	Address or apply oneself to something direct one s efforts towards something such as a question. A numerical value which acts as a storage address for the data.
airmail	Send or transport by airmail. An airmail letter.
albedo	The proportion of the incident light or radiation that is reflected by a surface, typically that of a planet or moon. The lunar maria have a lower albedo than the surrounding terrain.
answer	Give the correct answer or solution to. The answers were in the back of the book.
coolly	In a composed and unconcerned manner. She was coolly dressed down in cut off jean shorts.
correspondence	An attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane. Sophie wrote a letter to Rosamund with whom she kept up a regular correspondence.
email	Send an email to someone. Employees can email the results back.
envelope	A flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc. The switch itself is a glass envelope filled with rare gases and containing two contacts.
flexibly	In a way that bends easily without breaking. Most women who have children want to work flexibly.
mail	Email. You ve got mail.
mailbox	A public box with a slot into which mail is placed for collection by the post office; a postbox.
mailing	The action or process of sending something by mail. The candidate sent out three large mailings.
oh	A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
pardon	Grant a pardon to. The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President.
post	The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office. A curt notice had been posted on the door.
postage	A small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid. The prices include postage and packing.
postal	Of or relating to the system for delivering mail. Postal services.
react	Show a response or a reaction to something. The hydrogen and the oxygen react.
recipient	A person who receives something. The recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
reciprocate	(of a part of a machine) move backwards and forwards in a straight line. Perhaps I was expected to reciprocate with some remark of my own.
relay	A signal or broadcast transmitted by a relay. Gangs of workers were sent in relays.
replication	The act of making copies. Scientists will not believe an experimental result until they have seen at least one replication.
reply	A statement either spoken or written that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation. I am writing in reply to your letter.
response	The speech act of continuing a conversational exchange. An Honours degree course in Japanese has been established in response to an increasing demand.
responsive	Readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion. I m distracted by a nibble on my line I jig it several times but there is no responsive tug.
retort	Repay (an insult or injury. It was now his time to retort the humiliation.
riposte	A quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism. You ve got a strange sense of honour Grant riposted.
send	Send a message or letter. It s the spectacle and music that send us not the words.
sender	Someone who transmits a message. Senders of unwanted emails.
spam	Irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over the internet, typically to a large number of users, for the purposes of advertising, phishing, spreading malware, etc. An autogenerated spam website.