answer

answer has 38 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
• n.. To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.
• n.. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.
• n.. To be or act in return or response to.
• n.. To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.
• n.. To render account to or for.
• n.. To atone; to be punished for.
• n.. To be opposite to; to face.
• n.. To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
• n.. To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
• v. i.. To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.
• v. i.. To make a satisfactory response or return.