respond
verb
1 respond
Show a response or a reaction to something.
synonym: react.
Roget 821:
feel;
receive an impression
etc.
n.;
be impressed with
etc.
adj.;
entertain feeling,
harbor feeling,
cherish feeling
etc.
n..
respond;
catch the flame,
catch the infection;
enter the spirit of.
bear,
suffer,
support,
sustain,
endure,
thole [Scot.],
aby†;
abide
etc.
(be composed)
826;
experience
etc.
(meet with)
151;
taste,
prove;
labor under,
smart under;
bear the brunt of,
brave,
stand.
swell,
glow,
warm,
flush,
blush,
change color,
mantle;
turn color,
turn pale,
turn red,
turn black in the face;
tingle,
thrill,
heave,
pant,
throb,
palpitate,
go pitapat,
tremble,
quiver,
flutter,
twitter;
shake
etc.
315;
be agitated,
be excited
etc.
824;
look blue,
look black;
wince;
draw a deep breath.
impress
etc.
(excite the feelings)
824.
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Roget 23:
be accordant
etc.
adj.;
agree,
accord,
harmonize;
correspond,
tally,
respond;
meet,
suit,
fit,
befit,
do,
adapt itself to;
fall in with,
chime in with,
square with,
quadrate with,
consort with,
comport with;
dovetail,
assimilate;
fit like a glove,
fit to a tittle,
fit to a T;
match
etc.
17;
become one;
homologate†.
consent
etc.
(assent)
488.
render accordant
etc.
adj.;
fit,
suit,
adapt,
accommodate;
graduate;
adjust
etc.
(render equal)
27;
dress,
regulate,
readjust;
accord,
harmonize,
reconcile;
fadge†,
dovetail,
square.
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Dutch: antwoorden, reageren, terugwerken
2 respond
React verbally.
synonyms: answer, reply.
Roget 462:
answer,
respond,
reply,
rebut,
retort,
rejoin;
give for answer,
return for answer;
acknowledge,
echo.
explain
etc.
(interpret)
522;
solve
etc.
(unriddle)
522;
discover
etc.
480.1;
fathom,
hunt out
etc.
(inquire)
461;
satisfy,
set at rest,
determine.
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Dutch: beantwoorden, antwoorden, antwoord, reageren, rescriberen
3 respond
Respond favorably or as hoped.
Moby thesaurus: acknowledge, act, advocate, allege in support, alternate, answer, answer back, antiphon, apprehend, argue for, assert, bandy, be affected, be aware of, be conscious of, be in tune, be inspired, be involved, be moved, be quits with, be sensible of, behave, care about, catch the flame, catch the infection, champion, change, change color, color with emotion, come back, come back at, come in, commute, compensate, contend for, cooperate, counter, counterchange, defend, dig, echo, empathize with, espouse, exchange, experience, feel, feel for, flash back, get back at, get even with, give acknowledgment, give and take, give answer, hear, identify with, interchange, logroll, maintain, make a plea, pay back, perceive, permute, pity, plead for, react, rebut, reciprocate, reecho, refute, rejoin, rejoinder, relate to emotionally, reply, requite, respond to, respond to stimuli, response, retaliate, retort, return, return answer, return for answer, return the compliment, reverberate, riposte, say, say in defense, say in reply, see, sense, share, shoot back, smell, snap back, speak for, speak up for, stand up for, stick up for, support, sustain, swap, switch, sympathize with, take the bait, talk back, taste, touch, trade, transpose, uphold, urge reasons for ... show more.
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