Counter
Reply
Reply verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
Usage example: please reply to my question at your earliest convenience
Counter is a synonym for reply in answer topic. You can use "Counter" instead the word "Reply" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as retort.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| similar | similar counter | similar reply |
| usual | usual counter | usual reply |
| common | common counter | common reply |
| right | right counter | right reply |
| Other adjectives: standard, obvious, simple, small, real, great, witty, beautiful, new, traditional. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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There is one time in Garfield when Irma asks Jon and Garfield why they prefer to sit by the food counter instead of at the diner's tables, and the two reply, with demonstration, that because the stools by the counter can spin.
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Parodied during the Dark Tournament arc, when Koenma asks Jorge how to counter a weapon and we get an extended PCFF, only for Jorge to reply that he hasn't a clue.
Source: Pastel-Chalked Freeze Frame - The government's reply basically was that it was a means of publication, and one that could potentially be used by counter-revolutionaries.
Source: Voice of the Resistance
Cite this Source
Reply and Counter. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/counter/reply
Counter & Reply. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/counter/reply>.
Reply or Counter. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/counter/reply.
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