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ANSWERER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who responds

Synonyms:

answerer; respondent; responder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("answerer" is a kind of...):

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "answerer"):

assenter (a person who assents)

equivocator; hedger; tergiversator (a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer)

interviewee (a person who is interviewed)

examinee; testee (someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination))

Derivation:

answer (react verbally)

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