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Synonyms for dissent

The synonym for dissent recorded in this bank is resist, in the sense "express opposition through action or words". 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 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb

The synonym for dissent

resistverb, in the sense "express opposition through action or words"

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The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineSocial life

express opposition through action or words

They dissent whenever the council announces a new rule.

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

The true synonym

resist

Same sentence, swapped: They resist whenever the council announces a new rule.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where dissent stands in the sentence above.

veto
nix
blackball

Where dissent turns up in the game

dissent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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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. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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