reply
Response to inquiry
Reply is a response to something said, written, or done.
You reply to questions, emails, accusations, or attacks.
The word works as both verb and noun: She didn't reply to my text, His reply was brief.
In legal contexts, a reply is a plaintiff's response to a defendant's answer.
Point challenging another's position
- refutationDisproving a statement
- counterFlat service surface
- counterclaimDefendant's opposing lawsuit
- rejoinderReply to a reply
riposte · defense · counterpoint · objection · contradiction · denial · retort · antiphon
Recovery after decline
- riposteSwift clever reply
- rejoinderReply to a reply
- quipBrief, clever remark
- zingerPointed witty remark
clapback · wisecrack · repartee · sally · put-down · barb · dig · snark
Solution to query
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- reactionResponse to stimulus
- returnGo back again
feedback · comeback · counter · result · resolution · solution · explanation · clarification
Exchanged written communication
- emailDigital written communication
- letterWritten symbol or message
- textWritten or printed words
- noteShort written record
memo · missive · dispatch · communique · notification · postcard · telegram · bulletin
Mutual giving and receiving
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- back-and-forthAlternating reciprocal motion
- interactionReciprocal action between parties
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
discussion · thread · volley · correspondence · engagement · banter · chat · interplay
counterargument
Point challenging another's position
- refutationDisproving a statement
- counterFlat service surface
- counterclaimDefendant's opposing lawsuit
rejoinder · riposte · defense · counterpoint · objection · contradiction · denial · retort · antiphon · counterstroke
comeback
Recovery after decline
zinger · clapback · wisecrack · repartee · sally · put-down · barb · dig · snark · one-liner
answer
Solution to query
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- reactionResponse to stimulus
return · feedback · comeback · counter · result · resolution · solution · explanation · clarification · confirmation
correspondence
Exchanged written communication
note · memo · missive · dispatch · communique · notification · postcard · telegram · bulletin · newsletter
exchange
Mutual giving and receiving
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- back-and-forthAlternating reciprocal motion
- interactionReciprocal action between parties
discourse · discussion · thread · volley · correspondence · engagement · banter · chat · interplay · tit-for-tat
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- social interactiongreeting, hello, goodbye, hi, bye
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- messagesmessage, email, text message, text, instant message
- ways to communicatechat, announcement, gossip, broadcast, small talk
- emailinbox, from, send, to, outbox
replysilence
Total lack of sound
ignore · disregard · neglect · cold shoulder · stonewalling
- reply allRespond to all recipients
- no replyAbsence of answer
- reply button
- DNA replicationDuplicating genetic material
- quick replyFast answer back
- late replyAnswer arriving past expected time
replying, replied, replies, replicate, replication, replicated, replicating, replicable, replicates