Communication

Synonyms for lingo

The synonym for lingo recorded in this bank is cant, in the sense "a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)". 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 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The synonym for lingo

cantnoun, in the sense "a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and lingo carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineCommunication

a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

They don't speak our lingo.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

cant

Same sentence, swapped: They don't speak our cant.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

accent
usage
parole

Where lingo turns up in the game

lingo is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 lingo

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so lingo reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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