answer

answer is a 6-letter English word with 38 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 38 senses

Definitions

1. noun. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.
4. noun. To be or act in return or response to.
5. noun. 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.
6. noun. To render account to or for.
7. noun. To atone; to be punished for.
8. noun. To be opposite to; to face.
9. noun. To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
10. noun. To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
11. intransitive verb. To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response.
12. intransitive verb. To make a satisfactory response or return.
13. intransitive verb. To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care.
14. intransitive verb. To be or act in return.
15. intransitive verb. To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.
16. intransitive verb. To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
17. intransitive verb. To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer.
18. intransitive verb. To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to.
19. noun. A reply to a change; a defense.
20. noun. Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.
21. noun. Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.
22. noun. A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.
23. noun. A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.
24. noun. a nonverbal reaction

    "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"

    "their answer was to sue me"

25. noun. the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
26. noun. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

    "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"

    "the answers were in the back of the book"

    Synonyms: resolution, result, solution, solvent

27. 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"

    Synonyms: reply, response

28. noun. the speech act of replying to a question
29. verb. understand the meaning of

    "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"

    Synonyms: resolve

30. verb. give the correct answer or solution to

    "answer a question"

    "answer the riddle"

31. verb. react to a stimulus or command

    "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"

32. verb. respond to a signal

    "answer the door"

    "answer the telephone"

33. verb. give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

    "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"

34. verb. react verbally

    "She didn't want to answer"

    "answer the question"

    Synonyms: reply, respond

35. verb. be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of

    "This may answer her needs"

36. verb. match or correspond

    "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"

37. verb. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

    "A few words would answer"

    "This car suits my purpose well"

    Synonyms: do, serve, suffice

38. verb. be liable or accountable

    "She must answer for her actions"

Synonyms

resolution, result, solution, solvent, reply, response, resolve, respond, do, serve, suffice

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in answer:

resawn

Common word forms

answers, answered, answerer, answering, answerable, answerless

Words from these letters

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