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Synonyms for condescending

The synonym for condescending recorded in this bank is patronizing, in the sense "showing a feeling of patronizing superiority toward others". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line

The synonym for condescending

  • patronizingadjective, in the sense "showing a feeling of patronizing superiority toward others"

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The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineSocial life

showing a feeling of patronizing superiority toward others

Her condescending tone made it clear she thought everyone else was beneath her.

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The true synonym

patronizing

Same sentence, swapped: Her patronizing tone made it clear she thought everyone else was beneath her.

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 condescending in the sentence quoted.

  • critical
  • blunt
  • cheerful

Where condescending turns up in the game

condescending is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 condescending

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so condescending 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 wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. condescending carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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