Qualities

Synonyms for monotony

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

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 4, High CampQualities

the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety

He had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work.

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

The true synonym

humdrum

Same sentence, swapped: He had never grown accustomed to the humdrum of his work.

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 monotony as it is used in the sentence above.

harmonic
fullness
regularity

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

transcendentaladjectiveotherworldlyexisting outside of or not in accordance with natureHigh Camp unciviladjectiverudelacking civility or good mannersHigh CampHas a reason line undefinedadjectivevaguenot precisely limited, determined, or distinguishedHigh CampHas a reason line understatedadjectiveunpretentiousexhibiting restrained good tasteHigh Camp privateadjectiveindividualconcerning one person exclusivelyFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line probabilitynounchancea measure of how likely it is that some event will occurTreeline problematicadjectivedebatableopen to doubt or debateRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line undueadjectiveexcessivebeyond normal limitsRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line

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