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Exact Match:

retort

a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat

answer back

Synonyms:

• acknowledge,
• acknowledgment,
• aerosol,
• alembic,
• answer,
• answer back,
• answering,
• antiphon,
• anvil,
• aphorism,
• apothegm,
• atomizer,
• back answer,
• back talk,
• backchat,
• backfire,
• bon mot,
• boomerang,
• boutade,
• bright idea,
• bright thought,
• brilliant idea,
• caldron,
• come back,
• come back at,
• come in,
• comeback,
• conceit,
• counter,
• counterattack,
• counterblast,
• counterblow,
• countercharge,
• counterfire,
• counterinsurgency,
• countermeasure,
• counterrevolution,
• counterstep,
• counterstroke,
• crack,
• crucible,
• defense,
• echo,
• engine,
• epigram,
• evaporator,
• evasive reply,
• exchange,
• facetiae,
• flash back,
• flash of wit,
• flight of wit,
• gag,
• get back at,
• gibe,
• give acknowledgment,
• give and take,
• give answer,
• give in exchange,
• give in return,
• give-and-take,
• happy thought,
• hit back at,
• interchange,
• jape,
• jest,
• joke,
• lathe,
• machine,
• melting pot,
• mortar,
• mot,
• motor,
• nasty crack,
• persiflage,
• play of wit,
• pleasantry,
• quip,
• quips and cranks,
• react,
• reaction,
• ready reply,
• rebut,
• rebuttal,
• receipt,
• reciprocate,
• reciprocation,
• recoil,
• recrimination,
• reecho,
• rejoin,
• rejoinder,
• repartee,
• replication,
• reply,
• repost,
• reprisal,
• rescript,
• rescription,
• respond,
• respondence,
• response,
• responsion,
• responsory,
• retaliate,
• retaliation,
• return,
• return answer,
• return for answer,
• revenge,
• reverberate,
• reverberation,
• riposte,
• sally,
• say,
• say in reply,
• scintillation,
• shoot back,
• short answer,
• smart crack,
• smart saying,
• snappy comeback,
• spray,
• still,
• strike back,
• stroke of wit,
• talk back,
• test tube,
• transducer,
• transformer,
• turn of thought,
• vaporizer,
• wisecrack,
• witticism,
• witty reply,
• witty retort,
• yes-and-no answer