Answer and Receive

Opposite meaning words

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

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Receive is an antonym for answer in solve topic.

Receive verb - To offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to.

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Answer is an antonym for receive.

word	answer word	receive word
call	answer call	receive call
name	answer name	receive name
number	answer number	receive number
Other words: death, time, letter, money, ending, letters, points, messages, calls.

When Anderson hosted the show, if a contestant gave a very stupid answer, they would receive a Dunce Cap for the stupidest answer of the day.

Source: Series / Family Feud
On Family Feud, when Louie Anderson hosted the show, if a contestant gave a very stupid answer, they would receive a dunce cap for the stupidest answer of the day.

Source: Dunce Cap
Appears in The Terminator, although questioning under gunpoint is required to receive the (incomplete) answer.

Source: What Year Is This?

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