Synonym: acknowledge, answer, react, respond, retort. Antonym: question. Similar words: replace, replacement, deploy, take place, apply, comply, imply, supply. Meaning: [rɪ'plaɪ] 
n. 1. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation 2. the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange. v. reply or respond to.
n. 1. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation 2. the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange. v. reply or respond to. 
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31. My reply may not have been polite, but he asked for it.
32. Her reply astonished me.
33. Their failure to reply to our letter seems to imply a lack of interest.
34. I should scope out his real goal before I give him a definite reply.
35. He was shocked at the sheer venom of her reply.
36. I wrote to them last month and I'm still waiting for a reply.
37. The Prime Minister's reply was met with howls of laughter from the opposition frontbench.
38. 'Billy, I think it's your turn to wash the dishes,' said Jane. A noncommittal grunt was his only reply.
39. He did not even have the courtesy to reply to my fax.
40. I try to reply to letters the day I receive them.
41. Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope if you would like a reply.
42. The author whom you criticized in your review has written a reply.
43. The detective watched him closely , waiting for a reply.
44. I asked Clive where he was going, but he didn't reply.
45. He had to fudge a reply because he didn't know the right answer.
46. His vague reply disconcerted us completely.
47. I pondered hard over the reply to his letter.
48. Invariably the reply came back, 'Not now!'
49. Her reply was simple. "No," she said.
50. It's your turn now to reply to these charges.
51. She hung her head, not sure how to reply.
52. I got an indignant reply from Mr Norris.
53. We didn't get a single reply to the advertisement.
54. Sorry it took me so long to reply.
55. What did he do in reply to your challenge?
56. She was surprised by the vehemence of his reply.
57. We savored the barbed hits in his reply.
58. Be kind enough to reply early.
59. I was unsure how to reply to this question.
60. There was a smack of malice in her reply.
More similar words: replace, replacement, deploy, take place, apply, comply, imply, supply, simply, sharply, apply for, apply to, take the place of, comply with, report, repair, republic, report on, reporter, decrepit, repartee, Republican, represent, reporting, reparation, repeatedly, reportedly, obstreperous, entrepreneur, representative.