Communication
Synonyms for hedging
The synonym for hedging recorded in this bank is hedge, in the sense "an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement". 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 hedging
- hedgenoun, in the sense "an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and hedging carries one sense so far.
an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement
When you say 'maybe' you are just hedging.
The true synonym
hedge
Same sentence, swapped: When you say 'maybe' you are just hedge.
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 hedging is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- circumlocution
- chicanery
- subterfuge
Where hedging turns up in the game
hedging 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 hedging
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hedging 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 communication words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. hedging carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.