Answer and Invoke

Answer

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

Invoke is an antonym for answer.

Invoke

Invoke verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

Answer is an antonym for invoke in call upon topic.

Nearby Words: invocation, invoking

Common collocations

name answer name invoke name
death answer death invoke death
time answer time invoke time
feelings answer feelings invoke feelings

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / The Walking Dead Silent Protagonist: In conversations, silence is nearly always an acceptable answer, allowing the player to invoke this trope if they really want to.
  • Beauty Is Never Tarnished But Luffy never manages to get an affirmative answer from the beautiful mermaids as the first mermaid's reply is interrupted by Sanji who wants to invoke this trope, and the second mermaid takes offense to the question and refuses to answer.
  • Many people who answer a phone in an office for the first time and need to transfer the caller invoke this trope after asking them to hold.
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