anon, adv. 1. soon, presently, in a little while, shortly, after a while; by and by, betimes, before long, Archaic, erelong, Archaic, eftsoons; early, ahead of time, beforehand.
2. later, at another time, then; afterward, afterwards, hereupon, thereupon.
3. immediately, at once, directly, straightway, straightaway; now, right now, right away, without delay, forthwith, forthright; presently, promptly, readily; instantly, right off, instanter, this moment.
4. ever and anon occasionally, now and again, now and then, at times; sometimes, intermittently, periodically, fitfully.
anonym, n. pseudonym, allonym, cryptonym, code name, ananym; alias, assumed name, false name, pen name, nom de plume, Fr. nom de guerre', professional name, stage name.
anonymous, adj. nameless, unnamed, innominate, anonymal; unknown, undesignated, unacknowledged, unspecified; pseudonymous, allonymous, cryptony-mous, ananymous.
another, adj. 1. a second, a further, an additional, an extra, a supplementary, a supplemental, one more.
2. a different, a distinct, a separate, some other; not the same, unidentical, dissimilar, variant,
answer, n. 1. acknowledgment, confirmation, reply; response, rejoinder, return, replication, respond-ence; retort, repartee, riposte, SI. comeback, retaliation, back talk, Inf. sass.
2. counterblast, countercharge, recrimination, counterstatement, counterclaim, refutation, rebuttal; Both Law. surrebuttal, surrejoinder; Both Law. plea, defense.
3. solution, explanation, interpretation, justification, reason; key, clue.
-v.4. make answer, acknowledge, confirm; reply, respond, field, rejoin, return; retort, riposte, SI. come back; answer back, talk back, Inf. sass; retaliate, get back at.
5. solve, satisfy, explain, interpret, justify.
6. serve, fulfill, satisfy, serve the purpose; do, be adequate, be sufficient, be enough, pass, pass muster, measure up.
7. conform, correspond, correlate, be similar, be like.
8. answer for pay for, suffer for, atone for, make
amends for, make reparation for, expiate; redeem, make good on, recompense, repay; redress, rectify, make or set right, put or set straight, settle.
answerable, adj. 1. liable, accountable, responsible, chargeable, amenable; subject, obligated, obliged.
2. refutable, repudiable, rebuttable, disprovable, confutable.
3. correlative, proportionate, complementary; commensurate, commensurable, suitable, suited, corresponding, correspondent, accordant, agreeable.
ant, n. pismire, hymenopteron, hymenopter, Chiefly Dial, emmet, Latin, formica, Fr. four mi, Span, hor-miga; red ant, agricultural ant, harvester ant, leaf-cutting ant; foraging ant, army ant, driver ant, legionary ant; carpenter ant, white ant, termite.