Communication
Synonyms for equivocate
The synonym for equivocate recorded in this bank is prevaricate, in the sense "to use ambiguous language to avoid committing to a clear position". 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 equivocate
- prevaricateverb, in the sense "to use ambiguous language to avoid committing to a clear position"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day equivocate is audited in a second meaning.
to use ambiguous language to avoid committing to a clear position
When asked directly about the layoffs, the CEO began to equivocate.
The true synonym
prevaricate
Same sentence, swapped: When asked directly about the layoffs, the CEO began to prevaricate.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot equivocate is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- bluster
- recant
- elaborate
Where equivocate turns up in the game
equivocate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 equivocate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so equivocate reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. equivocate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.