Qualities
Synonyms for genteel
The synonym for genteel recorded in this bank is polite, in the sense "marked by refinement in taste and manners". 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 genteel
- politeadjective, in the sense "marked by refinement in taste and manners"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and genteel carries one sense so far.
marked by refinement in taste and manners
A genteel old lady.
The true synonym
polite
Same sentence, swapped: A polite old lady.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- titled
- nifty
- exalted
Where genteel turns up in the game
genteel 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 genteel
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