rejoinder
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪndɚ/
rejoinder noun: the defendant's answer to the replication.
Noun
rejoinder (plural rejoinders)
- The defendant's answer to the replication.
- A response that answers another response.
- "76. ... P-R8(N) mate! Certainly not 76... P-R8(Q), though threatening mate on the move in seven different ways--as 77 Q-N5 mate would have been the painful rejoinder."1953 March, Irving Chernev, “Chernev's Chess Corner”, in Chess Review
- A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
- I have passed perhaps more time than any other man of my age and country in visits and assemblies, where the polite persons of both sexes distinguish themselves; and could not without much grief observe how frequently both gentlemen and ladies are at a loss for questions, answers, replies, and...1731 (date written), Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], “An Introduction to the Following Treatise”, in A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, […], London: […]...
- "I'm starting to-morrow. This is perhaps the last time we shall ever meet." I made an appropriate rejoinder, and he smiled wanly.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 38, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
- Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
Verb
rejoinder (third-person singular simple present rejoinders, present participle rejoindering, simple past and past participle rejoindered)
- To issue a rejoinder.
- To say as a rejoinder.
rejoinder meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
rejoinder in Tamil
- எதிருரை, தொடர் மறுப்புரை, மறுப்பு, மறுமொழி, பதில், பதிலுக்குப்பதில்
rejoinder in Urdu
- جواب, کاٹ
rejoinder in Malayalam
- response, answer, reply
- പ്രത്യുക്തി, ഉത്തരം, പ്രത്യുത്തരം, പ്രതിവാദം, പ്രത്യാഖ്യാനം, പക്ഷം
rejoinder in Kannada
- ಮಾರ್ನುಡಿ, ಮರುಮಾರ್ನುಡಿ, ಪ್ರತ್ಯುತ್ತರ, ಬಲವಾದ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ, ಪ್ರತಿಜವಾಬು, ಬದಲು ಉತ್ತರ
Synonyms of rejoinder
Forms of rejoinder
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rejoinders |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rejoinders |
| present participle | rejoindering |
| past participle | rejoindered |
| past | rejoindered |
Origin of rejoinder
From Middle English rejoinder, rejonder, rejoynder, from Middle French rejoindre, with infinitive used as noun frequent in Law French. Doublet of rejoin.
Words formed from rejoinder
Words that rhyme with rejoinder
Questions about rejoinder
- What does rejoinder mean?
- Rejoinder means the defendant's answer to the replication.
- What is rejoinder in Tamil?
- Rejoinder in Tamil is எதிருரை, தொடர் மறுப்புரை, மறுப்பு. See Rejoinder meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rejoinder?
- Rejoinder can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce rejoinder?
- Rejoinder is pronounced /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪndɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of rejoinder?
- The plural of rejoinder is rejoinders.
Words near rejoinder in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rejoinder (page history and authors); rejoinder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rejoinder (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rejoinder (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); rejoinder (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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