Synonyms for answer

verb

• react verbally
• be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
• understand the meaning of
• be liable or accountable
• be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
• give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
• give the correct answer or solution to
• match or correspond
• react to a stimulus or command
• respond to a signal

noun

• a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
• a nonverbal reaction
• the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
• the speech act of replying to a question