answerverb law: to file a response to a complaint answerverb to make a reply or response to answerverb to suit a need or purpose satisfactorily answer backverb to reply impertinently; to talk back answer forverb to be held responsible for answer toverb to be responsible to backtalkverb disputatively or sarcastically respond correspondverb to be equivalent or similar lend itself toverb be suitable for reciprocateverb to counter, retort or retaliate reciprocateverb to give something in response replyverb to give a written or spoken response requiteverb to repay, recompense, reward sassverb talk back suitverb to agree, accord, be fitted to vouchverb to express confidence in or take responsibility for (the correctness or truth of) something |