answer
Roget category 462
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.2. Precursory conditions and operations
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Answer
noun
answer,
response,
reply,
replication,
riposte,
rejoinder,
surrejoinder†,
rebutter,
surrebutter†,
retort,
repartee —
rescript,
rescription† —
antiphon†,
antiphony —
acknowledgment —
password —
echo —
counter statement.
discovery
etc.
480.1;
solution
etc.
(explanation)
522 —
rationale
etc.
(cause)
153 —
clue
etc.
(indication)
550.
Oedipus —
oracle
etc.
513 —
return
etc.
(record)
551.
verb
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.
adjective
answering
etc.
v. —
responsive,
respondent —
conclusive.
adverb
because
etc.
(cause)
153 —
on the scent,
on the right scent.
interjection
eureka!,
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