REPLIES Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of reply

as in responds

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 answers

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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noun

plural of reply

as in responses

action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior decided the best reply to a wrongful discharge from employment was a lawsuit claiming discrimination

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as in reactions

something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question I look forward to your reply to my request

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The automation should end when the customer replies, books, declines, becomes unqualified or needs a decision from a person. — Michael Fox, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The video then shows Duff taking off her earpiece and saying something to her bandmate, who replies with an unsure gesture. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 Thomas comments with three lovestruck emojis, and Kerstin replies with two. — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Abbass plays a housewife named Aida who replies to a casting call for extras to make ends meet. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 May 2026 But Eunice only replies that the chairwoman is excited to work with him and Ashley on the wellness center. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026 Maddy replies that Cassie might currently just be a big fish in a small pond. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2026 O'Brien replies with a surprised smile, before being led to his new office at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. — Sharareh Drury, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026 The voice that replies, however, is not that of his wife but rather an impoverished young woman who has entered the medium’s caravan to steal food. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2026

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Many of the offensive and controversial remarks came in freewheeling replies to otherwise anodyne comments about current events, politics or games. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 The council member then upbraided the SpaceX representative for the vagueness of some of her replies. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 But that shout out came at a cost because the replies to each post came with significant backlash. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Its bots often respond with human-like conversational cues, adding references to facial expressions or gestures into their replies. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 This 10-minute control cuts off that reconnaissance and stops attackers from redirecting replies or password-reset messages. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Similar comments, and rebuttals, appear in numerous replies to Netflix’s posting about the casting on Instagram. — Peter Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 Musk has no involvement in the film, and recently let his thoughts be known about Gibney’s work in a series of replies on X, his own social media platform. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026 Her video also gained attention on X, where users sounded off in quote-tweets and replies, boosting the tweet to over 9 million views in three days. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

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Verb

Slowing light strengthens its interaction with a device, improving efficiency, but electrical resistance can limit how quickly the modulator responds.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Trump’s presidency seems rooted in a policy du jour mindset which responds first and foremost to pleasuring his insatiable ego.

— Kevin Igoe, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

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Noun

PwC’s 2026 Global CEO Survey, based on responses from 4,454 CEOs across 95 countries and territories, found that 56% had realized neither revenue nor cost benefits from AI.

— Kelvin Cheema, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The goal of the center, a senior official told Chelsea, is to get to the bottom of why some people’s immune systems have more robust responses than others, and to learn more about diseases, as well as ways to make vaccines more safe and effective.

— Amanda Erickson, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026

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