Actions
Synonyms for coax
The synonym for coax recorded in this bank is cajole, in the sense "to persuade gently through flattery or patience". 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 coax
- cajoleverb, in the sense "to persuade gently through flattery or patience"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and coax carries one sense so far.
to persuade gently through flattery or patience
He tried to coax his sister into lending him the car by praising her generosity.
The true synonym
cajole
Same sentence, swapped: He tried to cajole his sister into lending him the car by praising her generosity.
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 coax in the sentence quoted.
- bully
- blackmail
- pester
Where coax turns up in the game
coax is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play coax
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so coax reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
Free with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.
The ring widens as it goes, from actions at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. coax carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.