Communication
Synonyms for insistent
The synonym for insistent recorded in this bank is repetitive, in the sense "repetitive and persistent". 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 insistent
- repetitiveadjective, in the sense "repetitive and persistent"
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 insistent is audited in a second meaning.
repetitive and persistent
The bluejay's insistent cry.
The true synonym
repetitive
Same sentence, swapped: The bluejay's repetitive cry.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- exigent
- pestering
- obstinate
Where insistent turns up in the game
insistent is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where insistent is the trap
- unfailingadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is foolproof, in the sense "not liable to failure", and insistent is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play insistent
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so insistent reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from communication at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. insistent carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.