Answer definition

Answer as a verb

1. react verbally

   "She didn't want to answer"

   Same sense: respond, reply

2. respond to a signal

   "answer the door"

3. give the correct answer or solution to

   "answer a question"

4. understand the meaning of

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

   Same sense: resolve

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

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

6. be liable or accountable

   "She must answer for her actions"

7. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

   "A few words would answer"

   Same sense: do, serve, suffice

8. match or correspond

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

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

   "This may answer her needs"

10. react to a stimulus or command

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

Answer as a noun

11. 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"

    Same sense: response, reply

12. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

    "the answers were in the back of the book"

    Same sense: result, solution, resolution, solvent

13. the speech act of replying to a question

14. 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

15. a nonverbal reaction

    "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"

Synonyms and antonyms

• respond
• reply
• resolve
• do
• serve
• suffice
• response
• result definition
• solution
• resolution
• solvent

Opposite: question.

How to say answer

Answer has 2 syllables and rhymes with cancer. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with answer

• cancer
• dancer
• freelancer
• lancer
• enhancer
• necromancer
• anticancer
• prancer
• advancer

ANSWER in word games

Scrabble

9

Words With Friends

10

Anagrams

1

Is ANSWER a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check ANSWER in the word checker, or unscramble ANSWER to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.