riposte

1. 1.

   make a return thrust

   “his opponent riposted”

   Broaderlunge

   fencing

2. 2.

   answer back

   Synonymsretortcome backrepayreturnrejoin

   Broaderanswer

Other forms of riposte

plural

ripostes·

past tense

riposted·

present participle

riposting·

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 riposte

What does riposte mean?

riposte means "a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in riposte?

riposte has 2 syllables: ri-poste. The stress falls on "poste". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈpoʊst/.

What is another word for riposte?

Close synonyms include rejoinder, retort, return, replication, comeback. 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 riposte a common word?

riposte is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with riposte?

7 words rhyme with riposte. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.