answer Synonyms & Antonyms

Answer in a Sentence

Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face.

There is no simple answer to corruption.

Violence is not the answer to disagreements.

He answered the question.

to answer a charge or accusation

She answered the door.

Nobody answered when I knocked on the door.

It answers the need.

The man must answer to his employer for the money entrusted to his care.

He has a lot to answer for.

He answered my claim upon him.

The servant answered the bell.

His answer surprised us.

knows the answer

His only answer was to walk out.

More money is not the answer.

The show is television's answer to the newsmagazines.

think carefully before answering

answer for a debt

He must answer for his crimes.

She answered to the description.

The home team scored first but the visitors answered quickly.

an old bucket answered for a sink

The school had to answer for a town hall.

answer a question

answer me

answer yes or no

answer an accusation

answers the description

answer a need

answered the call to arms

answer a riddle

the standard answer of Fine, thank you when asked, How are you?

the answers to the odd-numbered problems are at the back of the book

a cold stare was her withering answer to that gratuitous insult

didn't answer right away when the detective asked him where he'd been for the last three hours

sorry, I haven't seen anyone answering to that description

I don't have a box cutter as such, but will this knife answer the purpose?

try to answer this riddle

an old bucket answered for a sink / The school had to answer for a town hall.

answer a question / answer me

Word Forms & Grammar

answer

answers

an·swered

an·swer·ing

an·swer·er noun

answered

answerer

answerers

answering

answer (plural answers)

answer (third-person singular simple present answers, present participle answering, simple past and past participle answered)

Words That Rhyme With Answer

Origin of Answer

Origin 1: Middle English, from Old English andswaru (akin to Old Norse andsvar answer); akin to Old English and- against, swerian to swear ante-

Origin 2: see answer:1

Origin 3: From Middle English answere, andsware, from Old English andswaru (“answer”), from and- (“against”) +‎ swaru (“affirmation”), (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”) and Old English swerian (“to swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer-), suggesting an original meaning of "a sworn statement rebutting a charge". The cognates suggest the existence of Proto-Germanic *andaswarō (“a reply to a question”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondser (“answer”), Old Saxon andswōr (“answer”), Danish and Swedish ansvar (“liability, responsibility, answer”), Icelandic andsvar (“answer, response”). Compare also Old English andwyrde (“answer”) (cognate to Dutch antwoord, German Antwort), Old English andcwiss (“reply”), German Schwur (“oath, vow”).

Origin 4: From Middle English answeren, andswaren, answerien, from Old English andswarian, answarien (“to answer, to respond, to deny an allegation under oath”), from Proto-Germanic *andaswarōną, *andaswarjaną (“to answer, to give a response, to rebut”), from *anda- (“against”) +‎ *swarjaną, *swarōną (“to swear an oath, to answer, to respond”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“face, forehead”) and *swer- (“to swear”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondswera (“to answer”), Danish ansvare (“to answer, account for”), Swedish ansvara (“to answer, account for”), Icelandic andsvara (“to answer, reply”).

First Known Use

before 12th century

before 12th centuryi