Events
Synonyms for ceremonial
The synonym for ceremonial recorded in this bank is titular, in the sense "symbolic rather than functional, done for formality alone". 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 ceremonial
- titularadjective, in the sense "symbolic rather than functional, done for formality alone"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for ceremonial.
symbolic rather than functional, done for formality alone
The queen's role in the treaty signing was purely ceremonial; the actual negotiations had concluded months earlier.
The true synonym
titular
Same sentence, swapped: The queen's role in the treaty signing was purely titular; the actual negotiations had concluded months earlier.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for ceremonial in the sentence quoted.
- plenary
- provisional
- inaugural
Where ceremonial turns up in the game
ceremonial 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 ceremonial is the trap
- beneficentadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is gracious, in the sense "doing good; generous and kind in a way that benefits others", and ceremonial is on the board beside it.
- farewelladjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is valedictory, in the sense "marking someone's departure or leave-taking", so ceremonial is there to be ruled out.
Play ceremonial
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so ceremonial 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 events words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. ceremonial carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.