Communication
Synonyms for diatribe
The synonym for diatribe recorded in this bank is philippic, in the sense "a forceful, bitter verbal attack". 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 diatribe
- philippicnoun, in the sense "a forceful, bitter verbal attack"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and diatribe carries one sense so far.
a forceful, bitter verbal attack
The coach launched into a diatribe about the referees after the loss.
The true synonym
philippic
Same sentence, swapped: The coach launched into a philippic about the referees after the loss.
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.
- eulogy
- anecdote
- disclaimer
Where diatribe turns up in the game
diatribe is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. 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 diatribe
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so diatribe 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 communication is the company diatribe keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. diatribe carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.