rejoinder
noun
Synonyms
- answer
- comeback
- replication
- reply
- response
- retort
- return
Example Sentences
The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2022 What was once an inside joke on Black Twitter and in diaspora communities has become a common rejoinder on social media, boosted into a mainstream culture that has embraced all things hot over the past decade. Jenny G. Zhang, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2022 The obvious rejoinder is that the boldness reflected in Zawahiri’s presence in downtown Kabul—he was reportedly killed while meeting with other Al Qaeda leaders—suggests the rising danger that terrorist groups pose under Taliban hospitality. Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022 Tucker Carlson spoke about the study on his show, characterizing it as a rejoinder against taking SSRIs in general. Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2022 These drugs were once seen as a tonic: a chemical rejoinder to the culture of corporate profiteering. Wired, 28 July 2022 The ambitious work is intended as a rejoinder to the campaign by India’s governing party to rewrite the nation’s history books, including by excising sections on Muslim rulers and changing the Muslim names for places. New York Times, 11 June 2022 The obvious rejoinder is that Covid-19 struck Brazil in February 2020, just a year into Bolsonaro’s administration, forcing millions of people into the relative safety of their homes. Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 1 July 2022 But if the expectation for Broadway’s return was a season of spirit-lifting, forget-your-troubles spectacle, Hangmen offers a contemplative and unsparing rejoinder to this, with a twisted view into the nature of justice and revenge. Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 9 June 2022 See More Word History
Middle English rejoiner, from Anglo-French rejoinder, from rejoinder, verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- response
- reply
- answer
- retort
- reaction
- remark
- return
- rebuttal
- refutation
- comeback
- observation
- comment
- banter
- replication
- repartee
- explanation
- justification
- persiflage
- feedback
- acknowledgment
- communication
- defense
- acknowledgement
- back talk
- plea
- non sequitur
- correspondence
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- question
- inquiry
- query
- interrogatory
- challenge
- interrogation
- survey
- charge
- grilling
- questionnaire
- cross-examination
- quiz
- poll
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of rejoinder are answer, reply, response, and retort. While all these words mean "something spoken, written, or done in return," rejoinder can be a response to a reply or to an objection.
While in some cases nearly identical to rejoinder, answer implies the satisfying of a question, demand, call, or need.
The meanings of reply and rejoinder largely overlap; however, reply often suggests a thorough response to all issues, points, or questions raised.
The words response and rejoinder can be used in similar contexts, but response may imply a quick or spontaneous reaction to a person or thing that serves as a stimulus.
The synonyms retort and rejoinder are sometimes interchangeable, but retort implies a reaction to an implicit or explicit charge, criticism, or attack which contains a countercharge or counterattack.