responder

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UK/ɹɪˈspɒndə/UK/ɹəˈspɒndə/Canada, US/ɹɪˈspɑndɚ/Canada, US/ɹəˈspɑndɚ/

noun

One who responds.

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respondentanswerer
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Meanings

nounresponder (plural responders)

plural responders

  1. One who responds.

    As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […]

    2014, Geoffrey N. Leech, The Pragmatics of Politeness, page 31
  2. A person who responds to an emergency situation or other summons.

    911 responders arrived at the scene within five minutes after the call.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who responds

Similar
respondentanswerer
Broader
communicator
Also see
answererreplierrespondent

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From respond + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

responder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/responder

MLA

“responder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/responder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “responder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/responder.

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