response
response is a 8-letter English word with 13 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of responding. 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.
Definitions
- noun. The act of responding.
- noun. An answer or reply.
- noun. Reply to an objection in formal disputation.
- noun. The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service.
- noun. A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office.
- noun. A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below.
- noun. a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
"a bad reaction to the medicine"
"his responses have slowed with age"
- noun. the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
- noun. a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
- noun. the manner in which something is greeted
"she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"
- 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"
- noun. the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
"he growled his reply"
- noun. a result
"this situation developed in response to events in Africa"
Synonyms
reaction, reception, answer, reply
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in response:
Common word forms
responser, responses, responseless
Words from these letters
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