People and roles
Synonyms for flatter
The synonym for flatter recorded in this bank is compliment, in the sense "to praise someone excessively, often insincerely". 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 flatter
- complimentverb, in the sense "to praise someone excessively, often insincerely"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and flatter carries one sense so far.
to praise someone excessively, often insincerely.
He would flatter his boss constantly, praising every decision no matter how small.
The true synonym
compliment
Same sentence, swapped: He would compliment his boss constantly, praising every decision no matter how small.
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 flatter is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- criticize
- ignore
- obey
Where flatter turns up in the game
flatter is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where flatter is the trap
- outdoverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is surpass, in the sense "to do better than someone else at a shared activity", with flatter sitting one tile away.
- swindleverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is defraud, in the sense "to cheat someone out of money or property through deception", and flatter is on the board beside it.
- badgerverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is beleaguer, in the sense "to pester someone persistently, especially with questions", so flatter is there to be ruled out.
- harangueverb, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is excoriate, in the sense "to lecture someone at length in an aggressive, forceful way", so flatter is there to be ruled out.
Play flatter
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so flatter reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other people and roles words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. flatter carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.