Reply

Verb

 * 1)  To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
 * Please reply to my letter.
 * "Sorry I'm late," replied the student.
 * He replied that he was not sure.
 * 1)  To act or gesture in response.
 * Johnabella replied to Partario's insult with a slap to his face.
 * 1)  To repeat something back; to echo.

Synonyms

 * respond, answer, retort, answer back, react, rejoin, counter, return, revert, follow up, get back to

Noun

 * 1) A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
 * 2) Something given in reply.

Synonyms

 * answer, comeback, response, retort, return, account, rejoinder, riposte, reaction

Adjectives for Reply
suitable; lackadaisical; unexpected; frank; modest; judicial; unembarrassed; shameless; monosyllabic; disrespectful; short; temperate; haughty; elaborate; silly; immediate; ungracious; good-humored; noncommittal; guarded; discouraging; cold; pettish; memorable; gracious; categorical; contemptuous; impatient; ready; biting; caustic; tart; scornful; unmoved; intelligent; inarticulate; incoherent; tactful; tremulous; humble; proper; audible; chaffing; austere; obvious; correct; negative; preoccupied; conclusive; stumbling; impromptu; sound; impertinent; garbled; distorted; satisfactory; politic; magnanimous; chilling; languid; impressive; idiotic; chary; pungent; consolatory; evasive; angry; emphatic; unanimous.

Verbs for Reply
calculate—;  contemplate—;   demand—; deign—; elicit—; evoke—; mutter—; overhaul—; probe—; propose—; provoke—; rejoin—; —acknowledges; —affirms; —alleviates; —answers; —clarifies; —clears; — determines; —explains; —informs; —interrogates; —rebuts; —refutes; —satisfies; — solves.

Adverbs for Reply
evasively; solemnly; tonelessly; affirmatively; crisply; bitingly; equivocally; impertinently; promptly; auspiciously; grimly; dolefully; defiantly; wistfully; mechanically; elusively; falteringly; gravely; archly; laboriously; hilariously; dubiously; incoherently; inexorably; tremulously; petulantly; casually; tensely; modestly; placidly; jocosely; listlessly; cautiously; musingly; dejectedly; reflectively; mordantly; haughtily; serenely; maliciously; decisively; acrimoniously; pensively; meekly; dryly; sententiously; laconically; pettishly; ambiguously; indulgently; monosyllabically; temperately; noncommittally; magnanimously;  pungently; emphatically.

Thesaurus
ESP, acknowledge, acknowledgment, action and reaction, advocate, allege in support, answer, answer back, answering, antiphon, approach, argue for, argument, assert, automatic reaction, autonomic reaction, back answer, back talk, backchat, billet, boomerang, bounceback, business letter, champion, chit, come back, come back at, come in, comeback, commerce, communicate with, communication, communion, congress, connection, contact, contend for, conversation, converse, correspond, correspondence, counter, counterblast, counterblow, counterstatement, counterstroke, dealing, dealings, defend, defense, demurrer, denial, dispatch, echo, epistle, espouse, establish connection, evasive reply, exception, exchange, favor, flash back, get to, give acknowledgment, give answer, give-and-take, information, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interplay, interrogate, letter, line, linguistic intercourse, maintain, maintain connection, make a plea, make advances, make contact with, make overtures, make up to, message, missive, note, objection, plea, plead for, pleading, predictable response, question, raise, reach, react, reaction, ready reply, rebut, rebuttal, receipt, reciprocation, recoil, reecho, reflection, reflex, reflex action, refluence, reflux, refutation, refute, rejoin, rejoinder, relate to, repartee, replication, reply to, repost, rescript, rescription, respond, respond to, respondence, response, responsion, responsory, retaliation, retort, retroaction, return, return answer, return for answer, reverberate, reverberation, revulsion, riposte, rise, say, say in defense, say in reply, shoot back, short answer, snap back, snappy comeback, social intercourse, speak for, speak up for, speaking, special demurrer, special pleading, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, stand up for, statement of defense, stick up for, support, sustain, take the bait, talk back, talking, telepathy, touch, traffic, truck, two-way communication, unthinking response, uphold, urge reasons for, witty reply, witty retort, yes-and-no answer

Etymology
The verb derives, viâ the replier:, from the  replico:, from re: + plico:; the noun derives from the verb by verbalisation.

Verb

 * Arabic: أجاب,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  , 答覆
 * Czech: odpovědět, odepsat (in letter)
 * Danish: svare, besvare
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hindi:, जवाब देना, उत्तर देना
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 返信,  (answer)
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: وه‌ڵام دان
 * Macedonian: одговара
 * Norwegian: svare
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: отвечать, ответить
 * Scottish Gaelic: freagair
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: svara
 * Urdu: جواب دینا


 * Danish: svare, genmæle
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: وه‌ڵام دان


 * Macedonian: одговара
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: отвечать (otvečát’), ответить (otvétit’)
 * Scottish Gaelic: freagair
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese:


 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * : antwoorden
 * : 대답하다 (daedap-hada)


 * : oncweþan
 * : responder
 * : responder

Noun

 * Arabic: إجابة, جواب, رد
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 回答
 * Czech:
 * Danish: svar, besvarelse
 * Dutch:, respons
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French:
 * German: ,
 * Hindi: जवाब
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 返事, 返答, 答え,  返信, 回答


 * Korean: 대답
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: وه‌ڵام
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Persian: جواب
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: freagairt
 * Spanish:
 * Tajik: жавоб
 * Urdu: جواب


 * Armenian:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 返事


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: وه‌ڵام
 * Macedonian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * : 답변
 * : resposta

Anagrams

 * plyer