responder UK /ɹɪˈspɒndə/US /ɹɪˈspɑndɚ/ noun2 •One who responds.As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […] — 2014 •A person who responds to an emergency situation or other summons.911 responders arrived at the scene within five minutes after the call. formsresponders