Social life
Synonyms for civil
The synonym for civil recorded in this bank is polite, in the sense "polite and respectful in behavior, not rude, especially despite disagreement". 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 civil
- politeadjective, in the sense "polite and respectful in behavior, not rude, especially despite disagreement"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for civil.
polite and respectful in behavior, not rude, especially despite disagreement
Even after the heated debate, the two rivals remained perfectly civil during dinner.
The true synonym
polite
Same sentence, swapped: Even after the heated debate, the two rivals remained perfectly polite during dinner.
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.
- municipal
- legal
- bureaucratic
Where civil turns up in the game
civil is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where civil is the trap
- federaladjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is union, in the sense "being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War", and civil is on the board beside it.
- becomingadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is comely, in the sense "according with custom or propriety", with civil sitting one tile away.
- unciviladjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is rude, in the sense "lacking civility or good manners", so civil is there to be ruled out.
Play civil
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so civil reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because social life is the company civil keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. civil carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.