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Main Entry: respond
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: act in answer to something

Synonyms:

acknowledge, act in response, answer, answer back, be in touch with, behave, come back, come back at, come in, counter, feedback, feel for, field the question, get back to, get in touch, react, reciprocate, rejoin, reply, retort, return, talk back
Notes: respond suggests a quick reaction while reply implies a return commensurate with the original demand or question

Antonyms:

ask, question, request
Main Entry: acknowledge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: verbally recognize receipt of something

Synonyms:

address, answer, greet, hail, notice, react, remark, reply, respond, return, salute, thank

Antonyms:

disregard, ignore
Main Entry: act
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: do something

Synonyms:

accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out
Notes: an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act

Antonyms:

abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop
Main Entry: answer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reply, react

Synonyms:

acknowledge, answer back, argue, back at you, back talk, be in touch, claim, comeback, contest, counterclaim, defend, deny, disprove, dispute, echo, explain, feedback, field the question, get back at, get back to, give a snappy comeback, parry, plead, rebut, refute, rejoin, remark, resolve, respond, retaliate, retort, return, sass, say, settle, shoot back, solve, squelch, talk back, top*

Antonyms:

ask, question
Main Entry: counter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: answer, respond in retaliation

Synonyms:

backtalk, beat, bilk, buck, circumvent, contravene, counteract, counterwork, cross, dash, disappoint, fly in the face of, foil, frustrate, have bone to pick, hinder, hit back, match, meet, offset, oppose, parry, pit, play off, resist, respond, retaliate, return, ruin, take on, thumbs down, vie, ward off
Main Entry: echo
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: repeat, copy

Synonyms:

ape, ditto*, do like, go like, imitate, impersonate, make like, mimic, mirror, parallel, parrot, react, recall, redouble, reflect, reiterate, reproduce, resemble, resound, respond, reverberate, ring, rubber-stamp, second, vibrate
Main Entry: fit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: belong, correspond

Synonyms:

accord, agree, answer, apply, be apposite, be apt, be comfortable, be consonant, be in keeping, become, befit, click*, concur, conform, consist, dovetail, go, go together, go with, harmonize, have its place, interlock, join, match, meet, parallel, relate, respond, set, suit, tally
Main Entry: nod
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: gesture with head

Synonyms:

acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, beckon, bend, bow, concur, consent, curtsy, dip, duck, greet, indicate, recognize, respond, salute, say yes, sign, signal
Main Entry: obey
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: conform, give in

Synonyms:

abide by, accede, accept, accord, acquiesce, act upon, adhere to, agree, answer, assent, be loyal to, be ruled by, bow to, carry out, comply, concur, discharge, do as one says, do one's bidding, do one's duty, do what is expected, do what one is told, embrace, execute, follow, fulfill, get in line, give way, heed, hold fast, keep, knuckle under, live by, mind, observe, perform, play second fiddle, respond, serve, submit, surrender, take orders, toe the line

Antonyms:

disobey, mutiny, rebel
Main Entry: plead
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: present a defense

Synonyms:

adduce, advocate, allege, answer charges, argue, assert, avouch, cite, cop a plea, declare, give evidence, maintain, plea bargain, present, put forward, respond, use as excuse, vouch

Antonyms:

decide, punish, sentence
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