Communication
Synonyms for assent
The synonym for assent recorded in this bank is acquiescence, in the sense "agreement with a statement or proposal to do something". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for assent
- acquiescencenoun, in the sense "agreement with a statement or proposal to do something"
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 assent is audited in a second meaning.
agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
He gave his assent eagerly.
The true synonym
acquiescence
Same sentence, swapped: He gave his acquiescence eagerly.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- concord
- collusion
- chime
Where assent turns up in the game
assent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where assent is the trap
- ratificationnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is confirmation, in the sense "making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it", so assent is there to be ruled out.
Play assent
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so assent reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other communication words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. assent carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.