Answer and Command

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Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Command is an antonym for answer.

Command noun - A statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned.

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Answer is an antonym for command in directive topic.

best	best answer	best command
better	better answer	better command
right	right answer	right command
direct	direct answer	direct command
Other adjectives: appropriate, original, correct, proper, single, simple, actual, real, wrong, unique, immediate, vague, final, official, last, different, previous, soviet.

Little "No": How Cromwell responds to Anne's command to discredit Mary Tudor, letting everyone know that he doesn't answer to her.

Source: Series / Wolf Hall
Sheridan has Nightwatch personnel arrested because they've been running around boasting about how they don't answer to the military chain of command.

Source: My Rule-Fu Is Stronger Than Yours
In Zork, the command "eat self" returns the message "Autocannibalism is not the answer."

Source: Autocannibalism

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