n. 25B6; noun
her answer was unequivocal : REPLY, response, rejoinder, reaction; retort, riposte; informal comeback.
the answer is 150 : SOLUTION, key.
a new filter is the answer : SOLUTION, remedy, way out.
question.
25B6; verb
Steve was about to answer : REPLY, respond, make a rejoinder, rejoin; retort, riposte.
he has yet to answer the charges : REBUT, refute, defend oneself against.
a man answering this description : MATCH, fit, correspond to, be similar to.
we're trying to answer the needs of our audience : SATISFY, meet, fulfil, fill, measure up to.
I answer to the Commissioner : REPORT, work for/under, be subordinate, be accountable, be answerable, be responsible.
25A0; answer someone back RESPOND CHEEKILY TO, be cheeky to, be impertinent to, talk back to, cheek; N. Amer. informal sass.
25A0; answer for
he will answer for his crime : PAY FOR, be punished for, suffer for; make amends for, make reparation for, atone for.
the government has a lot to answer for : BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR, be responsible for, be liable for, take the blame for; informal take the rap for.