Answer and Refuse

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Answer

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

Refuse

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
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Antonyms for Refuse
Answer is an antonym for refuse.
Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser
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How words are described

right right answer right refuse
real real answer real refuse
bad bad answer bad refuse
final final answer final refuse
Other adjectives: official.

Common collocations

request answer request refuse request
call answer call refuse call
time answer time refuse time
way answer way refuse way
Other words: challenge, money, plea, requests.

Both words in one sentence

  • Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett, later in life, would refuse to answer to "Syd," his nickname, instead preferring his birth name, "Roger."
    Source: Do Not Call Me "Paul"
  • Anime / Dangan Ronpa 3 Happens again in Episode 7 when Monaka reveals she knows who will be killed due to Makoto only to refuse to actually answer and instead leave.
    Source: Anime / Dangan Ronpa 3
  • Literature / Skulduggery Pleasant Alternate China: I refuse to answer ridiculous questions.
    Source: Literature / Skulduggery Pleasant
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