States and conditions
Synonyms for complacent
The synonym for complacent recorded in this bank is blase, in the sense "in a state of smug self-satisfaction, unconcerned about problems". 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 complacent
- blaseadjective, in the sense "in a state of smug self-satisfaction, unconcerned about problems"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for complacent.
in a state of smug self-satisfaction, unconcerned about problems
He grew complacent after his early success and stopped double-checking his work.
The true synonym
blase
Same sentence, swapped: He grew blase after his early success and stopped double-checking his work.
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 complacent in the sentence quoted.
- vigilant
- diligent
- anxious
Where complacent turns up in the game
complacent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 complacent
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so complacent reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other states and conditions words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. complacent carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.