Communication
Synonyms for commonplace
The synonym for commonplace recorded in this bank is tired, in the sense "repeated too often". 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 commonplace
- tiredadjective, in the sense "repeated too often"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and commonplace carries one sense so far.
repeated too often
His remarks were trite and commonplace.
The true synonym
tired
Same sentence, swapped: His remarks were trite and tired.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- humble
- lean
- severe
Where commonplace turns up in the game
commonplace is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 commonplace is the trap
- rusticadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is agrestic, in the sense "characteristic of the fields or country", and commonplace is on the board beside it.
Play commonplace
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so commonplace 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 Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
The same bank, read from both sides
commonplace is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.