answers

Responses to questions

Answers are responses to questions, solutions to problems, or reactions to situations.

To answer is to respond: She answered the door, He answered the phone, I'll answer your question.

An answer can satisfy or fall short: There's no easy answer to poverty.

In legal contexts, an answer is a defendant's formal response to a complaint.

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response

Answer to stimulus

feedback · reaction · confirmation · rebuttal · riposte · comeback · repartee · denial · affirmation · refutation

solution

key

Lock-opening device

insight · revelation · elucidation · deduction · discovery · formula · proof · result · finding · conclusion

Categories
Opposites
inquiry vs. resolution

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Requests for information

inquiries · queries · asks · interrogations · questionings

success vs. failure in response

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Does not succeed

evades · dodges · avoids · ignores · deflects

clarity vs. confusion

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Requests for information

dilemmas · puzzles · mysteries · riddles · enigmas

Phrases
Family

answer, answering, answered, unanswered, answerers, answerer, nonanswers, answer to, answer for

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