Synonyms for Answering:
adj.
•all (adjective)respondent.
n.
•answering (noun)responsive, respondent.
v.
•answering (verb)countercharging, Rebutting, Acknowledging, returning, Retorting, echoing, coming back, countering, expounding, Explaining, Replying, Responding.
•apologizing (verb)
Confessing, Atoning, Repenting, pleading, Regretting, Apologizing.
•corresponding (verb)
posting, corresponding, Dispatching.
•defending (verb)
opposing, backfiring, protecting, shielding, guarding, barring, saving, Barricading, Securing, supporting, arguing, Sheltering, safeguarding, Policing, upholding, Sustaining, counterattacking, Fending, screening, averting, Warding, covering, Resisting, buffering.
•responding (verb)
reacting, Justifying, Refuting, defending, Objecting, Denying.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:
responsive, respondent.
Usage examples for answering
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You asked me a question- I am answering it." – Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland
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To the post office they went, and then they were told that a boy answering Snell's description had been seen going toward the railway station. – Frank Merriwell's Chums by Burt L. Standish
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" Bernard is answering the door," said Charolais. – Arsene Lupin by Edgar Jepson Maurice Leblanc