Communication
Synonyms for circumlocution
The synonym for circumlocution recorded in this bank is periphrasis, in the sense "an indirect, roundabout way of speaking that avoids stating something directly". 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 circumlocution
- periphrasisnoun, in the sense "an indirect, roundabout way of speaking that avoids stating something directly"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and circumlocution carries one sense so far.
an indirect, roundabout way of speaking that avoids stating something directly
He resorted to circumlocution rather than admit he had lost the report.
The true synonym
periphrasis
Same sentence, swapped: He resorted to periphrasis rather than admit he had lost the report.
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 circumlocution in the sentence quoted.
- bluntness
- assertion
- confession
Where circumlocution turns up in the game
circumlocution is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. 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 circumlocution is the trap
- hedgingnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is hedge, in the sense "an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement", and circumlocution is on the board beside it.
Play circumlocution
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so circumlocution reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from communication at Summit outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. circumlocution carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.