Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (I) Formation of Ideas
Section II. Precursory Conditions and Operations

462. Answer.

   NOUN:ANSWER, response, reply, replication, riposte or ripose, subjoinder, rejoinder, retort, repartee; rescript, rescription [archaic]; antiphon, antiphony; acknowledgment; password; echo; counterstatement, counterblast, countercharge, contradiction.
  [LAW] defense, plea, surrebutter, surrejoinder, reply, rejoinder, rebutter.
  SOLUTION (explanation) [See Interpretation]; discovery [See Judgment]a; rationale (cause) [See Cause]; clew or clue (indication) [See Indication].
  œdipus; oracle [See Oracle]; return (record) [See Record].
   VERB:ANSWER, respond, reply, rebut, riposte or ripost, retort, rejoin; give answer, return for answer; acknowledge, echo.
  [LAW] defend, plead, surrebut, surrejoin, rebut, reply.
  EXPLAIN (interpret) [See Interpretation]; solve (unriddle) [See Interpretation]; discover [See Judgment]a; fathom, hunt out (inquire) [See Inquiry]; satisfy, set at rest, determine.
   ADJECTIVE:ANSWERING &c. v.; responsive, respondent; antiphonal; Œdipean, oracular; conclusive.
   ADVERB:FOR THIS REASON; because (cause) [See Cause]; on the scent, on the right scent.
   INTERJECTION:eureka.