Answer and Pray

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Answer

Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
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Pray is an antonym for answer.
Nearby Words: answered, answering, answerable, answerer, answerback

Pray

Pray verb - To make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner.
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Antonyms for Pray
Answer is an antonym for pray in plead topic.
Nearby Words: prayer, prayerful, prayed, praying
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name answer name pray name
time answer time pray time
way answer way pray way
prayer answer prayer pray prayer
Other words: laws.

Both words in one sentence

  • Later, after More resigns his office and says he will write and pray in retirement, Cromwell recommends that he "write only a little, and pray a lot." More asks, sardonically, if that's a threat, but Cromwell likes to answer rhetorical questions and says that it's his turn.
    Source: Ironic Echo / Live-Action TV
  • These three men have carte blanche, can break laws with impunity, answer only to POTUS, and if they come for you, well, you better pray that they don't kill you!
    Source: Dystopia
  • These three men have carte blanche, can break laws with impunity, answer only to POTUS, and if they come for you, well, you better pray that they don't kill you.
    Source: Literature / Sisterhood Series
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