Qualities
Synonyms for disingenuous
The synonym for disingenuous recorded in this bank is artful, in the sense "not straightforward or candid". 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 disingenuous
- artfuladjective, in the sense "not straightforward or candid"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for disingenuous.
not straightforward or candid
Her smile was disingenuous, and everyone at the table noticed.
The true synonym
artful
Same sentence, swapped: Her smile was artful, and everyone at the table noticed.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- ingenuous
- illusive
- fallacious
Where disingenuous turns up in the game
disingenuous 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where disingenuous is the trap
- ingenuousadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is artless, in the sense "characterized by an inability to mask your feelings", and disingenuous is on the board beside it.
Play disingenuous
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so disingenuous 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 ring widens as it goes, from qualities at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
One vocabulary, two jobs
disingenuous is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.