responded
Gave an answer
Responded is the past tense of respond, meaning to answer or react.
Someone responds to a question, a letter, an emergency, or a situation: She responded to the criticism with silence.
The word implies action following a prompt—you respond to something that came first.
He responded well to treatment.
What prompts a reaction
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- automaticOperating without intervention
- triggerWhat initiates action
provoked · spontaneous · involuntary · startled · surprised · alarmed · defensive · recoiled
Solution to query
- retortQuick, cutting reply
- rejoinderReply to a reply
- comebackRecovery after decline
- riposteSwift clever reply
counter · repartee · rebuttal · refutation · parry · quip · clapback · rebuff
Perceiving something as known
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- nodBrief head tilt
- acceptanceConsent to receive
thanks · appreciation · gratitude · greeting · salutation · courtesy · welcome · receipt
stimulus
What prompts a reaction
- reflexInvoluntary stimulus response
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- automaticOperating without intervention
trigger · provoked · spontaneous · involuntary · startled · surprised · alarmed · defensive · recoiled · flinched
answer
Solution to query
riposte · counter · repartee · rebuttal · refutation · parry · quip · clapback · rebuff · counterclaim
recognition
Perceiving something as known
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- nodBrief head tilt
acceptance · thanks · appreciation · gratitude · greeting · salutation · courtesy · welcome · receipt · validation
message
Transmitted communication
announcement · memo · dispatch · text · note · reply · broadcast · declaration · bulletin · communique
- actedportrayed, performed, pretended, mimicked, impersonated
- took actionacted, took charge, took control, took command, initiated
respondedignored
Purposely not noticed
disregarded · stonewalled · ghosted · neglected · unresponded
- not respondingFailing to react
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