Answer
Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.
Line
Line noun - A series of persons or things arranged one behind another.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| best | best answer | best line |
| long | long answer | long line |
| exact | exact answer | exact line |
| particular | particular answer | particular line |
| Other adjectives: common, short, direct, original, straight, simple, popular, actual, real, big, bad, quick, final, official, next, last, different, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Mattel's DC Multiverse line was launched as their answer to Hasbro's Marvel Legends line, just with DC Universe characters instead of Marvel Universe ones.
Source: Alternate Company Equivalent - When bonus categories were first introduced, if the player who solved couldn't answer the question, the host went down the line to the next contestant(s) who could answer for the money.
Source: Retired Game Show Element - The Stranglers' Peaches can be viewed as an answer song written from the point of view of unscrupulous gorillas with a less romantic view of women; note the line
Source: Answer Song
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