reply Definition

reply
verb replies, replied, replying

intr
1. To answer or respond to something in words, writing or action.
2. To say or do something in response.

Thesaurus: respond, answer, rejoin, retort, counter, acknowledge, reciprocate, react, retaliate, riposte, return, come back with.
intr
3. To make a speech of thanks in answer to a speech of welcome.
intr
4. law.
To answer a defendant's plea.
tr & intr
5. To echo; to return (a sound).

noun replies

1. An answer; a response.

Thesaurus: response, answer, comeback, reaction, rejoinder, counter, acknowledgment, retort, riposte, repartee.
2. law.
The answer made to a defendant's plea on behalf of the plaintiff or prosecution.

Derivative: replier
noun

Etymology: 14c: from French replier, from Latin replicare to fold back reply.