Dialogue words you can use instead of the word…

Respond

Acknowledge

Act in response to

Answer

Answer back

Behave

Be in touch with

Come back

Come back at

Come in

Comment

Communicate

Cope

Cope with

Correspond

Construe

Contend

Contend with

Counter

Defend

Explain

Feed back

Feel for

Field

Field the question

Grapple

Grapple with

Get back to

Get in touch with

Handle

Interpret

Manage

Negotiate

React

Read

Reciprocate

Refute

Rejoin

Reply

Remark

Retaliate

Return

Retort

Riposte

Talk

Talk back

Understand