answer

Meaning

Synonyms

reply to

be sufficient

respond to

spoken answer

make a reply

speak in reply

responsible for

take in charge

give an answer

tell about

trouble-shoot

another word

written answer

give answer

call out in reply

give an answering call

repay a favour

grant one’s petition

make return

return something

solving object

answer the phone

be enough

be responsible

countervail

declare

elucidate

feed back

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
an‧swer
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɑːn.sə/
Etymology

In summary

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”).

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