Synonyms for Reply:
n.
pounce, receive, stand up, turn around and do something, come over, pick up on, greet. ask, answer back, write back, talk back, rejoin. interplay, reflex, cry, welcome, outburst, outcry. •answer (noun)excuse, comeback, counter-accusation, acknowledgment, surrebuttal, explanation, replication, reaction, rebuttal, riposte, response, counter-statement, rejoinder.
•communication (noun)
response.
•correspondence (noun)
letter, line, message, postcard, correspondence, note, epistle.
•defense (noun)
aversion, armor, stronghold, argument, security, barrier, moat, countermeasure, fortress, resistance, protection, wall, harbor.
•letter (noun)
postcard.
•reply (noun)
answer, respond, response.
•response (noun)
denial, reaction, defense, refutation, justification, objection.
•written communication (noun)
letter.
v.
•answer (verb)come back, countercharge, counter-accuse, expound, retort, answer, respond, explain, riposte, return, react, rejoin, counter-reply, counter-state, counterclaim, rebut, counter, acknowledge, write back, echo.
•correspond (verb)
correspond, dispatch, post.
•defend (verb)
buffer, sustain, barricade, oppose, resist, screen, protect, shelter, support, fend, backfire, avert, cover, secure, safeguard, shield, guard, ward, police, save, argue, uphold, counterattack, bar.
•respond (verb)
deny, react, defend, refute, justify, object.
Other synonyms:
interplay, answer back, write back, talk back, outcry. rejoin, reflex. cry. welcome.