Qualities

Synonyms for aboveboard

The synonym for aboveboard recorded in this bank is straightforward, in the sense "without concealment or deception". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for aboveboard

straightforwardadjective, in the sense "without concealment or deception"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day aboveboard is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampQualities

without concealment or deception

Their business was open and aboveboard.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

straightforward

Same sentence, swapped: Their business was open and straightforward.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

foursquare
veritable
authentic

Where aboveboard turns up in the game

aboveboard is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play aboveboard

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so aboveboard reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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