'Reply' definitions:
Definition of 'reply'
From: WordNet
noun
A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" [syn: answer, reply, response]
noun
The speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" [syn: reply, response]
verb
Definition of 'Reply'
From: GCIDE
- Reply \Re*ply"\ (r?-pl?"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Replied (-pl?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Replying.] [OE. replien, OF. replier, F. r['e]pliquer, fr. L. replicare to fold back, make a reply; pref. re- re- + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Replica.]
- 1. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer. [1913 Webster]
- O man, who art thou that repliest against God? --Rom. ix. 20. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) To answer a defendant's plea. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To answer; respond; rejoin. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reply'
From: GCIDE
- Reply \Re*ply"\, v. t. To return for an answer. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Lords, vouchsafe To give me hearing what I shall reply. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reply'
From: GCIDE
- Reply \Re*ply"\, n.; pl. Replies (-pl?z"). [See Reply, v. i., and cf. Replica.] That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Answer; rejoinder; response.
- Usage: Reply, Rejoinder, Answer. A reply is a distinct response to a formal question or attack in speech or writing. A rejoinder is a second reply (a reply to a reply) in a protracted discussion or controversy. The word answer is used in two senses, namely (1), in the most general sense of a mere response; as, the answer to a question; or (2), in the sense of a decisive and satisfactory confutation of an adversary's argument, as when we speak of a triumphant answer to the speech or accusations of an opponent. Here the noun corresponds to a frequent use of the verb, as when we say. "This will answer (i.e., fully meet) the end in view;" "It answers the purpose." [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reply'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acknowledge,
- acknowledgment,
- action and reaction,
- advocate,
- allege in support,
- answer,
- answer back,
- answering,
- antiphon,
- approach,
- argue for,
- argument,
- assert,
- automatic reaction,
- autonomic reaction,
- back answer,
- back talk,
- backchat,
- billet,
- boomerang,
- bounceback,
- business letter,
- champion,
- chit,
- come back,
- come back at,
- come in,
- comeback,
- commerce,
- communicate with,
- communication,
- communion,
- congress,
- connection,
- contact,
- contend for,
- conversation,
- converse,
- correspond,
- correspondence,
- counter,
- counterblast,
- counterblow,
- counterstatement,
- counterstroke,
- dealing,
- dealings,
- defend,
- defense,
- demurrer,
- denial,
- dispatch,
- echo,
- epistle,
- ESP,
- espouse,
- establish connection,
- evasive reply,
- exception,
- exchange,
- favor,
- flash back,
- get to,
- give acknowledgment,
- give answer,
- give-and-take,
- information,
- interaction,
- interchange,
- intercommunication,
- intercommunion,
- intercourse,
- interplay,
- interrogate,
- letter,
- line,
- linguistic intercourse,
- maintain,
- maintain connection,
- make a plea,
- make advances,
- make contact with,
- make overtures,
- make up to,
- message,
- missive,
- note,
- objection,
- plea,
- plead for,
- pleading,
- predictable response,
- question,
- raise,
- reach,
- react,
- reaction,
- ready reply,
- rebut,
- rebuttal,
- receipt,
- reciprocation,
- recoil,
- reecho,
- reflection,
- reflex,
- reflex action,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- refutation,
- refute,
- rejoin,
- rejoinder,
- relate to,
- repartee,
- replication,
- reply to,
- repost,
- rescript,
- rescription,
- respond,
- respond to,
- respondence,
- response,
- responsion,
- responsory,
- retaliation,
- retort,
- retroaction,
- return,
- return answer,
- return for answer,
- reverberate,
- reverberation,
- revulsion,
- riposte,
- rise,
- say,
- say in defense,
- say in reply,
- shoot back,
- short answer,
- snap back,
- snappy comeback,
- social intercourse,
- speak for,
- speak up for,
- speaking,
- special demurrer,
- special pleading,
- speech,
- speech circuit,
- speech situation,
- stand up for,
- statement of defense,
- stick up for,
- support,
- sustain,
- take the bait,
- talk back,
- talking,
- telepathy,
- touch,
- traffic,
- truck,
- two-way communication,
- unthinking response,
- uphold,
- urge reasons for,
- witty reply,
- witty retort,
- yes-and-no answer