Answer
Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
Usage example: didn't answer right away when the detective asked him where he'd been for the last three hours
Counter is a synonym for answer in reply topic. In some cases you can use "Counter" instead the word "Answer" as a verb or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| best | best answer | best counter |
| exact | exact answer | exact counter |
| usual | usual answer | usual counter |
| common | common answer | common counter |
| Other adjectives: right, direct, perfect, appropriate, true, single, obvious, simple, powerful, real, easy, unique, possible, final, latter. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Tali instead asks a counter-question whether krogan always size up their superiors for a fight; his answer is a Blunt "Yes" with a tone as if he was stating the most obvious thing in the world.
Source: Challenging the Chief - The proper way to answer such an insult was to counter it with a poem of your own.
Source: Boisterous Bruiser / Real Life -
Texas Ranger Jack Hays developed tactics to counter the Comanches, but it wasn't until they got their hands on some five-shot Colt Paterson revolvers that they had an answer to Comanche archery.
Source: Horse Archer
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