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Responsive

That responds; ready or inclined to respond.

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Answering 84% connected

of Answer

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Answering 84% connected

of Answer

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Respondent 84% connected

Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

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Respondent 84% connected

Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sensitive 84% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Sensitive 84% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Antiphon 74% connected

A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Antiphon 74% connected

A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Antiphonary 74% connected

A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Antiphonary 74% connected

A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Respond 74% connected

To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Respond 74% connected

To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Antiphon 66% connected

A musical response; alternate singing or chanting. See Antiphony, and Antiphone.

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See also 2

Sensitive 66% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sensitive 66% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet provides this as a see-also lexical relationship.

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Antiphonal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reactive 92% connected

Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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