REPLIED Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

replied

verb

past tense of reply

as in responded

to act or behave in response (as to a stimulus or influence) replied to the news that she had won the scholarship by jumping around the room and cheering

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as in answered

to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction please reply to my question at your earliest convenience

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Recent Examples of replied Earlier may be possible, the doctor replied, if the skin around her surgical scar loosens. — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 In response to this, SpaceX founder Elon Musk replied that NASA’s safety panel estimate was not accurate. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026 Bell replied in his usual jovial manner, agreeing to the reproduction of his photo in the forthcoming article. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026 Aaron replied, according to her later testimony, with $5 million. — Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026 William replied, referencing his team’s UEFA Champions League match against Fenerbahçe SK on Wednesday night, which the royal heir attended. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2026 White heard the victim talking in the background and threatened her physically before the man with her replied that White would have to go through him to get to her, prosecutors say. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 The store replied by saying the bird — named Molly — wasn’t for sale and called out Clarkson for putting them on blast. — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 Neither Clarkson nor Art of Play immediately replied to ABC News' request for comment. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

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About 30 minutes later, Fort Worth police responded to a gas station in the 6600 block of Brentwood Stair Road.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
When footage of a man being hit by federal immigration officers’ SUV in Northern California became public, the Department of Homeland Security responded by saying the man had jumped on the vehicle’s hood.

— Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

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When Cleveland trimmed the lead to 3-1 in the sixth inning, Tampa answered with a two-run homer by Junior Caminero in the seventh.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
Still, many challenging open questions must be answered before the Many Worlds interpretation can be accepted as our best explanation for the measurement problem.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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