Synonyms of the word

replication

• n. Process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
• n. Copy; reproduction.
• n. (law) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
• n. (biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
• n. (computing) The process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to…

comeback

• n. A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity.
• n. A retort or answer, particularly a quick or clever one.
• n. (sports) An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage…

copy

• n. The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
• n. An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
• n. (journalism) The text that is to be typeset.
• n. (journalism) A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy.
• n. (marketing) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to…
• n. (uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.
• n. A school work pad.
• n. A printed edition of a book or magazine.
• n. Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.
• n. (obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
• n. (obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.
• n. (obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease.
• n. (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
• v. (transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
• v. (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
• v. (transitive) To imitate.
• v. (transitive, radio) To receive a transmission successfully.

copying

• v. present participle of copy.
• n. (countable) an instance of the making of a copy.
• n. (uncountable) the practice of making one or more copies.

counter

• n. An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.
• n. (curling) Any stone lying closer to the center than any of the opponent's stones.
• n. A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a shop tabletop on which…
• n. One who counts, or reckons up; a reckoner.
• n. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of…
• n. (historical) The prison attached to a city court; a Counter.
• n. (grammar) A class of word used along with numbers to count objects and events, typically mass nouns. Although…
• n. In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, whereon various food preparations…
• n. In a bathroom, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, which holds the washbasin.
• n. (wrestling) A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.
• n. (programming) A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.
• n. (Internet) A hit counter.
• adv. Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.
• n. (nautical) The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline.
• n. The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).
• v. To contradict, oppose.
• v. (boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
• v. To take action in response to; to respond.
• adj. Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic.
• adv. In opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise.
• adv. In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.
• adv. At or against the front or face.
• n. (obsolete) An encounter.
• n. (nautical) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, below and somewhat forward…
• n. (music) Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast…
• n. The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.
• n. The back leather or heel part of a boot.
• n. (typography) The area of a letter that is entirely or partially enclosed by a letter form or a symbol.

echo

• n. A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.
• n. An utterance repeating what has just been said.
• n. (figuratively) Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.
• n. (computing) The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed.
• n. The letter E in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
• n. (whist, bridge) A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four…
• n. (whist, bridge) A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led…
• v. (of a sound or sound waves, intransitive) To reflect off of a surface and return.
• v. (by extension, transitive) To repeat back precisely what another has just said: to copy in the imitation…
• v. (by extension, transitive) To repeat (another's speech, opinion, etc.).
• v. (computing, transitive) To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.

pleading

• n. The act of making a plea.
• n. (law) A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the…
• v. present participle of plead.
• adj. That pleads.

reflection

• n. The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
• n. The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
• n. Something, such as an image, that is reflected.
• n. Careful thought or consideration.
• n. An implied criticism.
• n. (computing) The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.

reflectivity

• n. The quality of being reflective.

reflexion

• n. Alternative spelling of reflection.

rejoinder

• n. (law) defendant's answer to the replication.
• n. A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty; especially an answer to a question.
• n. (patent law) in US patent law re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent…
• v. (intransitive) To issue a rejoinder.
• v. (transitive) To say as a rejoinder.

repeating

• v. present participle of repeat.
• adj. That repeats; repetitive.
• adj. Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
• adj. (mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring.
• n. repetition.

repetition

• n. The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
• n. (weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion; also called a rep. A group…
• v. To petition again.

replica

• n. An exact copy.
• n. A copy made at a smaller scale of the original.

reply

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation…
• v. (intransitive) To act or gesture in response.
• v. (intransitive) To repeat something back; to echo.
• n. A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
• n. Something given in reply.

reproduction

• n. The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.
• n. The act of making copies.
• n. A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate.

response

• n. An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
• n. The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
• n. An oracular answer.
• n. (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or…
• n. (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
• n. A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
• n. An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination…
• n. A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.

retort

• n. A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
• v. To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
• v. To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation,…
• v. To bend or curve back.
• v. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
• n. (chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a…
• n. A container in which material is subjected to high temperatures as part of an industrial manufacturing…
• v. (transitive) To heat in a retort.

return

• v. (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
• v. (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To turn (something) round.
• v. (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.
• v. (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
• v. (transitive) To take back something to a vendor for a refund.
• v. To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
• v. (tennis) To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.
• v. (card games) To play a card as a result of another player's lead.
• v. (cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in…
• v. (transitive) To say in reply; to respond.
• v. (intransitive, computing) To relinquish control to the calling procedure.
• v. (transitive, computing) To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.
• v. (transitive, dated) To retort; to throw back.
• v. (transitive) To report, or bring back and make known.
• v. (by extension, Britain) To elect according to the official report of the election officers.
• n. The act of returning.
• n. A return ticket.
• n. An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.
• n. An answer.
• n. An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, etc…
• n. Gain or loss from an investment.
• n. (taxation, finance): A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax…
• n. (computing) A carriage return character.
• n. (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.
• n. (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.
• n. A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.
• n. (American football) Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.
• n. (cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.
• n. (architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building,…

reverberation

• n. A violent oscillation or vibration.
• n. An echo, or a series of overlapping echos.
• n. The reflection of light or heat; a reflection in, or as though in, a mirror.
• n. (plural) An evolving series of effects resulting from a particular event; a repercussion.

riposte

• n. (fencing) a thrust given in return after parrying an attack.
• n. a counter-attack in any combat or any sport.
• n. a quick and usually witty response to a taunt, a retort.
• n. an answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
• v. (fencing) to attempt to hit an opponent after parrying an attack.
• v. to respond quickly; particularly if the response is humorous.