Answer and Contest

Answer

Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.

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Contest and answer are semantically related in conflict topic. In some cases you can use "Contest" instead a verb "Answer", when it comes to topics like reply, argue.

Nearby Words: answered, answering, answerable, answerer, answerback

Contest

Contest verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.

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Synonyms for Contest

Antonyms for Contest

Answer and contest are semantically related in argue topic. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a verb "Contest".

Nearby Words: contested, contestant, contestation, contesting

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

best	best answer	best contest
long	long answer	long contest
particular	particular answer	particular contest
short	short answer	short contest
Other adjectives: straight, single, simple, stupid, actual, real, big, quick, possible, final, official, next, last, literal, previous.

Common collocations

charge	answer charge	contest charge
word	answer word	contest word
series	answer series	contest series
points	answer points	contest points
Other words: charges.

Both words in one sentence

In a similar strip, Garfield hears about a radio station contest offering a new house for the first caller to answer a question.

Source: Didn't Think This Through
AMC ended up futzing with the contest (apparently editing out a scene that was supposed to answer a question), and cancelling the show, thus precluding the prize altogether.

Source: Contest Winner Cameo
There's a Taz-Mania episode where Taz is critically injured and confined to bed when he gets a call from the radio contest that he can't answer.

Source: Radio Contest

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