States and conditions

Synonyms for loiter

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 4, High CampStates and conditions

be about a place without any apparent purpose

The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square.

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

The true synonym

lounge

Same sentence, swapped: The high school students like to lounge in the Central Square.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for loiter as it is used in the sentence above.

bushwhack
twiddle
scupper

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Closest first: other states and conditions words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

locateverbsituatedetermine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a surveyHigh Camp miserynounwretchednessa state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortuneHigh Camp neglectnoundisusethe state of something that has been unused and neglectedHigh Camp flapnounfussan excited state of agitationRidgelineHas a reason line flawnounfaultan imperfection in an object or machineTreeline flownounstreamsomething that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuouslyTreeline sterileadjectiveuninspireddeficient in originality or creativityHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line stifleverbdampensuppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensityHigh CampHas a reason line

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