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Defenition of the word response

    • Defenition of the word response

      • A statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reaction to a question, a request, criticism or accusation
      • a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in 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"
      • a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age"
      • the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"
      • the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply"
      • a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
      • a result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa"
      • a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
      • the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
      • the manner in which something is greeted
      • a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
      • the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
      • a result

    Synonyms for the word response

      • answer
      • comeback
      • reaction
      • reception
      • rejoinder
      • reply
      • retort

    Similar words in the response

      • response
      • response's
      • responses

    Hyponyms for the word response

      • answer
      • automatism
      • comeback
      • counter
      • counterblast
      • double take
      • echo
      • electrical skin response
      • electrodermal response
      • feedback
      • Fere phenomenon
      • galvanic skin response
      • GSR
      • immune reaction
      • immune response
      • immunologic response
      • inborn reflex
      • innate reflex
      • instinctive reflex
      • kinesis
      • learned reaction
      • learned response
      • non sequitur
      • overreaction
      • passage
      • passing
      • physiological reaction
      • psychogalvanic response
      • reaction
      • rebound
      • reflex
      • reflex action
      • reflex response
      • rejoinder
      • replication
      • rescript
      • retort
      • return
      • riposte
      • Tarchanoff phenomenon
      • taxis
      • transfusion reaction
      • tropism
      • unconditioned reflex

    Hypernyms for the word response

      • activity
      • bodily function
      • bodily process
      • body process
      • consequence
      • effect
      • event
      • fashion
      • greeting
      • issue
      • manner
      • mode
      • outcome
      • phrase
      • result
      • salutation
      • speech act
      • statement
      • style
      • upshot
      • way

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