Qualities
Synonyms for insolent
The synonym for insolent recorded in this bank is brazen, in the sense "unrestrained by convention or propriety". 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 insolent
- brazenadjective, in the sense "unrestrained by convention or propriety"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and insolent carries one sense so far.
unrestrained by convention or propriety
The modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress.
The true synonym
brazen
Same sentence, swapped: The modern world with its quick material successes and brazen belief in the boundless possibilities of progress.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for insolent in the sentence quoted.
- flip
- untouched
- pushy
Where insolent turns up in the game
insolent 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where insolent is the trap
- rashadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is reckless, in the sense "marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences", and insolent is one of the three tiles that lose.
- barefacedadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is bald, in the sense "with no effort to conceal", so insolent is there to be ruled out.
- somnolentadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is drowsy, in the sense "in a drowsy, sleepy state", so insolent is there to be ruled out.
- untouchedadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is uninfluenced, in the sense "not influenced or affected", so insolent is there to be ruled out.
Play insolent
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so insolent 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 qualities 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. insolent carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.