Communication

Synonyms for monotonous

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineCommunication

sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

The owl's faint monotonous hooting.

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

The true synonym

flat

Same sentence, swapped: The owl's faint flat hooting.

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 monotonous as it is used in the sentence above.

rhyming
periodic
uneventful

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Closest first: other communication words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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