Communication

Synonyms for disciplinary

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampCommunication

designed to promote discipline

The mother was stern and disciplinary.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

corrective

Same sentence, swapped: The mother was stern and corrective.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for disciplinary as it is used in the sentence above.

educational
enlightening
informative

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Closest first: other communication words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

floweryadjectiveornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative detailsHigh Camp gravellyadjectiveroughunpleasantly harsh or grating in soundHigh Camp grimacenounfacea contorted facial expressionHigh Camp gripenounkickinformal terms for objectingHigh Camp agreementnoununderstandingthe statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promisesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line allowverbletconsent to, give permissionFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line amusingadjectivefunnyarousing or provoking laughterTreeline flawedadjectiveblemishedhaving a blemish or flawHigh Camp

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