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Synonyms for laud
The synonym for laud recorded in this bank is extol, in the sense "to praise highly, especially in public". 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 laud
- extolverb, in the sense "to praise highly, especially in public"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for laud.
to praise highly, especially in public
Critics laud the film at its festival premiere, calling it a masterpiece of the decade.
The true synonym
extol
Same sentence, swapped: Critics extol the film at its festival premiere, calling it a masterpiece of the decade.
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 laud is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- rebuke
- adjudicate
- disparage
Where laud turns up in the game
laud 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 laud
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so laud 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 events at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. laud carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.