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Synonyms for criminal

The synonym for criminal recorded in this bank is felonious, in the sense "involving or being or having the nature of a crime". 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 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for criminal

feloniousadjective, in the sense "involving or being or having the nature of a crime"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for criminal.

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampActions

involving or being or having the nature of a crime

A criminal offense.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

felonious

Same sentence, swapped: A felonious offense.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

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Where criminal turns up in the game

criminal is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where criminal is the trap

baseadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is mean, in the sense "having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality", and criminal is one of the three tiles that lose.
guiltyadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is shamed, in the sense "showing a sense of guilt", with criminal sitting one tile away.
involvedadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is mired, in the sense "entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire", and criminal is on the board beside it.

Play criminal

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so criminal reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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

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