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Synonyms for critical
The synonym for critical recorded in this bank is decisive, in the sense "forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis". 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 critical
- decisiveadjective, in the sense "forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for critical.
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
A critical point in the campaign.
The true synonym
decisive
Same sentence, swapped: A decisive point in the campaign.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where critical stands in the sentence above.
- wicked
- threatening
- correct
Where critical turns up in the game
critical is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in nine other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 9 puzzles where critical is the trap
- condescendingadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is patronizing, in the sense "showing a feeling of patronizing superiority toward others", so critical is there to be ruled out.
- religiousadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is spiritual, in the sense "concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church", and critical is one of the three tiles that lose.
- threateningadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is ominous, in the sense "threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments", and critical is on the board beside it.
- vitaladjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is lively, in the sense "full of spirit", so critical is there to be ruled out.
Play critical
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so critical reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because events is the company critical keeps.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
critical is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 9. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.