Communication

Synonyms for colloquial

Synonyms for colloquial: demotic and conversational. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line

The 2 synonyms for colloquial

Interchangeable with colloquial in this sense

Audited under colloquial's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one colloquial carries in that sense.

demoticadjective, in the sense "characteristic of informal, ordinary conversation rather than formal speech"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name colloquial as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

conversationalconversational is an adjective in the sense "characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation"

one of these comes from colloquial's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.

The senseadjectiveTier 5, SummitCommunication

characteristic of informal, ordinary conversation rather than formal speech

The professor's colloquial style made the dense material feel like a chat over coffee.

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

The true synonym

demotic

Same sentence, swapped: The professor's demotic style made the dense material feel like a chat over coffee.

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 colloquial is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

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Where colloquial turns up in the game

colloquial is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. 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 colloquial

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