ack Synonyms
Another word for ack
• interjection (Context 1)
Used to express mild disgust, frustration, alarm, or dismay.
"ugh, I just spilled coffee all over my clean shirt!"
• noun (Context 2)
A signal or message sent between communicating processes, computers, or people to confirm the receipt of data or information.
"The server waited for an acknowledgment from the client before transmitting the next packet of data."
• interjection (Context 3)
Used in digital, radio, or military communication to confirm that a message has been received and understood.
"roger, I see the ticket and will start debugging the issue right away."
• verb (Context 4)
To acknowledge the receipt of a network packet, alert, message, or software patch (especially in computing and engineering contexts).
"The on-call engineer quickly acked the system alert and began investigating the outage."
• noun (Context 5)
A former phonetic alphabet code word representing the letter A, used in British military signaling prior to the adoption of the NATO phonetic alphabet.
"In early twentieth-century British radio procedure, the operator would say 'alfa' to spell out the letter A."
Opposites of ack
The opposite of ack shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: