Riposte synonyms

rĭ-pōst'

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return
A recurrence, as of a periodic occasion or event:
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comeback
A retort or answer.
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maneuver
A controlled change in movement or direction of a moving vehicle or vessel, as in the flight path of an aircraft.
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thrust
A push, stab, or lunge forward (the act thereof.)
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rejoin
To say in answer
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come back
(Intransitive) To return to a place.
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repartee
Skill in making witty replies
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retort
A quick, sharp, or witty reply, esp. one that turns the words of the previous speaker back upon that speaker
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answer
To speak or write in response to:
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reply
To say or give as an answer:
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respond
To satisfy; to answer.
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ask (related)
An act or instance of asking.
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rejoinder
A pleading in common law, made by the defendant to answer a replication by the plaintiff.
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replication
A copy; reproduction
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counter
A long table, board, cabinet top, etc., as in a store, lunchroom, or kitchen, for the display and sale of goods, the serving or preparing of food, etc.
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repay
To pay back.
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rebuttal (related)
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diatribe (related)
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Riposte Sentence Examples

  • One obvious riposte to the question Why did you steal my robe?

  • And he had no riposte to the Iranian missiles raining down on Baghdad.

  • It was the perfect riposte to the early threat from the Turkish club.

  • The maligned Liberal Democrat leader issued an immediate riposte from the floor of his rocking constituency office in downtown Inverness.

  • A good riposte will be appreciated by the House, who will have forgotten what the original question was.

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