answerer
- noun
- /ˈæn.sər.ər/
- The customer was relieved to speak with a helpful answerer who resolved her issue quickly.
- questioner and answerer
Examples
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In a way, I think that goes to the heart of the matter: Is the greater obligation for the answerer to be helpful or to be honest?
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In the present Australian study, the quiz effect was replicated when questioners and answerers rated past behaviors.
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The only thing to add is that at least one answerer said that George Washington was elected president by the people.
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If an answerer accepted a request, the other outstanding requests were cancelled.
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Other answerers have said it well.
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I was referred by a Yahoo answerer today when I asked people the five reasons why Meyer's book lacks in some areas.
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I think a lot of askers expect that answerers will put themselves in the place of the asker.
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People can always be nicer and more understanding, but that never would have changed the fact that the majority of answerers thought that the OP was wrong.
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The tool then mediated the conversation between questioner and answerer, asking questioners to rate their satisfaction with the answer.
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While it's always great for an answerer to consider the most kind way to effectively make a point, the answerer is just trying to do a job—they can't know how fragile the questioner is, or what particular answer or tone might really set them off.
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Synonyms
A person who answers questions in a survey or interview
A person who answers questions or reacts to events
A person who answers messages or comments
Antonyms
How Responsive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Answerer comes from the old English word answer, which means 'reply' or 'to reply', so an answerer is simply a person who gives a reply and responds to a question.