reply
verb
[ rɪˈplʌɪ ]
• say something in response to something someone has said.
• "he was gone before we could reply to his last remark"
Similar:
respond,
answer,
say in response,
rejoin,
return,
retort,
counter,
fling back,
hurl back,
retaliate,
come back,
riposte,
reply
noun
• a verbal or written answer.
• "I received a reply from the managing director"
Similar:
answer,
response,
acknowledgement,
rejoinder,
return,
reaction,
retort,
riposte,
comeback,
clapback,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French replier, from Latin replicare ‘repeat’, later ‘make a reply’ (see replicate).
