respond

respond is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
2. intransitive verb. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit.
3. intransitive verb. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
4. transitive verb. To answer; to reply.
5. transitive verb. To suit or accord with; to correspond to.
6. noun. An answer; a response.
7. noun. A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
8. noun. A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.
9. verb. show a response or a reaction to something

   Synonyms: react

10. verb. respond favorably or as hoped

    "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"

11. verb. react verbally

    "She didn't want to answer"

    "answer the question"

    Synonyms: answer, reply

Synonyms

react, answer, reply

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in respond:

ponders

Common word forms

responds, responded, responder, responding

Words from these letters

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