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Synonyms for innocuous

The synonym for innocuous recorded in this bank is unobjectionable, in the sense "not causing disapproval". 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 5, Summit · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for innocuous

unobjectionableadjective, in the sense "not causing disapproval"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for innocuous.

The senseadjectiveTier 5, Summit

not causing disapproval

It was an innocuous remark.

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The true synonym

unobjectionable

Same sentence, swapped: It was an unobjectionable remark.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

homely
teachable
unpretentious

Where innocuous turns up in the game

innocuous is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. 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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