Communication

Synonyms for caveat

The synonym for caveat recorded in this bank is caution, in the sense "a warning against certain acts". 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 · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for caveat

cautionnoun, in the sense "a warning against certain acts"

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 caveat is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 4, High CampCommunication

a warning against certain acts

A caveat against unfair practices.

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

The true synonym

caution

Same sentence, swapped: A caution against unfair practices.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot caveat is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

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precept
interdict

Where caveat turns up in the game

caveat 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where caveat is the trap

cautionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is care, in the sense "judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger", with caveat sitting one tile away.
cautionnoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is carefulness, in the sense "the trait of being cautious", with caveat sitting one tile away.

Play caveat

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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. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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