Word.ws English Dictionary

Synonyms of reply

18 similar words

Another word for reply is response. Other synonyms of reply are rebuttal, riposte and account.

Synonyms and similar words for reply

verbMore synonyms

  • respondTo say something in return; to answer; to reply.
  • answer backTo reply impertinently to (someone); to talk back.
  • react
  • rejoinTo state in reply.
  • counter
  • revertTo reply (to correspondence, etc.).
  • follow upTo take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain...
  • get back to
  • answerTo make a reply or response to.
  • retort
  • returnTo say in reply; to respond.

nounMore synonyms

  • comeback
  • responseAn answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
  • account
  • rejoinder
  • riposteAn answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
  • reaction
  • rebuttalA pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.

Meaning of reply

  1. verb To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
  2. verb To act or gesture in response.
  3. verb To repeat something back; to echo.

Full definition of reply

reply in other languages

Questions about synonyms of reply

What is another word for reply?
Reply has 18 synonyms on Word.ws, such as response, rebuttal, riposte and account.
What does reply mean?
Reply means to give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reply (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this page: “Synonyms of reply.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/synonyms/reply. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.