Converse of object

• have: And he had no riposte to the Iranian missiles raining down on Baghdad.

• give: Learning as punishment Paul McKelvie, Director of ScottishPower Learning, gave a sobering riposte.

• come: Then comes the inevitable riposte: " Why are they changing them?

Adjective modifier

• witty: There's a witty riposte ready for any occasion: he or she can effortlessly cause a ripple of laughter.

• perfect: It was the perfect riposte to the early threat from the Turkish club.

• obvious: One obvious riposte to the question " Why did you steal my robe?

• immediate: The maligned Liberal Democrat leader issued an immediate riposte from the floor of his rocking constituency office in downtown Inverness.

• quick: Using Word to create and edit web pages: a quick guide The quick riposte would be: don't.. .

• good: A good riposte will be appreciated by the House, who will have forgotten what the original question was.