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Synonyms for mercurial

The synonym for mercurial recorded in this bank is volatile, in the sense "subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or behavior". 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 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line

The synonym for mercurial

volatileadjective, in the sense "subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or behavior"

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

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineChange

subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or behavior

The chef was known for his mercurial temper, calm one moment and screaming the next.

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

The true synonym

volatile

Same sentence, swapped: The chef was known for his volatile temper, calm one moment and screaming the next.

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 mercurial in the sentence quoted.

meticulous
gregarious
humorless

Where mercurial turns up in the game

mercurial is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 mercurial

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so mercurial 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 wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. mercurial carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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