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🧑‍💬 A person replying 🤖 A reply machine
replier

replier

5.6
A machine or program that automatically sends answers to messages
  • noun
  • /rɪˈplaɪər/
translation icon : autorespondedor
  • Our email system uses a replier to confirm receipt of all support requests.

Examples

  • The replier answered the query instantly.

  • A simple replier can save time by handling routine responses.

  • The replier automatically sent a thank-you message after each customer inquiry.

  • A new replier was installed in the system.

  • The company's new email replier automatically responds to customer inquiries within minutes.

  • I set up a replier to handle my messages while I am on vacation.

  • With the advanced replier software, users can customize the automatic responses to fit their needs.

Synonyms

autoresponder
vsreplier
  • Texting
2 5.5

A program or service that automatically replies to emails

is broader, including physical devices and non-automatic reply systems

How Automated

chatbot
  • Texting
1 3.5
replier
5.6
script
  • Specialized
70 3.6

Surface Forms

replier singular
repliers plural

Morphology

replier = reply (transparent) = reply + er

Agentive '-er' applied to the verb 'reply' yields an entity that replies; extension from people to devices/programs is a predictable, productive usage.

Etymology

Replier is formed from reply plus the ending -er, where -er can mean a thing that does something, like printer. Because reply has the idea of 'sending back' (from re- 'back' and plicare 'to fold'), a replier can be a device or program that sends answers automatically.