response

1. 1.

   a result

   “this situation developed in response to events in Africa”

   Broaderconsequence

   Narrowerreaction
2. 2.

   a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

   “a bad reaction to the medicine”

   “his responses have slowed with age”

   Synonymsreaction

   Broaderbodily process

   Narrowerautomatismreboundoverreactiongalvanic skin responseimmune responsetropismtaxiskinesisdouble takereflex
3. 3.

   a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

   “I waited several days for his answer”

   “he wrote replies to several of his critics”

   Synonymsanswerreply

   Broaderstatement

   Narrowerrescriptfeedback
4. 4.

   the manner in which something is greeted

   “she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors”

   Synonymsreception

   Broadergreeting
5. 5.

   a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister

   Broaderphrase
6. 6.

   the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

   “he growled his reply”

   Synonymsreply

   Broaderspeech act

   Narrowercounterblastnon sequiturrejoinderechoanswer
7. 7.

   the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals

   Broadermanner

Other forms of response

plural

responses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about response

What does response mean?

response means "a result". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in response?

response has 2 syllables: re-sponse. The stress falls on "sponse". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈspɑns/.

What is another word for response?

Close synonyms include reaction, answer, reply, reception, reply. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is response a common word?

response is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.