States and conditions
Synonyms for notorious
The synonym for notorious recorded in this bank is infamous, in the sense "known widely and usually unfavorably". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for notorious
- infamousadjective, in the sense "known widely and usually unfavorably"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and notorious carries one sense so far.
known widely and usually unfavorably
The tenderloin district was notorious for vice.
The true synonym
infamous
Same sentence, swapped: The tenderloin district was infamous for vice.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- celebrated
- noted
- striking
Where notorious turns up in the game
notorious is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where notorious is the trap
- deplorableadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is miserable, in the sense "of very poor quality or condition", and notorious is on the board beside it.
- notableadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is remarkable, in the sense "worthy of attention", so notorious is there to be ruled out.
- roguishadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is devilish, in the sense "playful in an appealingly bold way", so notorious is there to be ruled out.
- roguishadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is rascally, in the sense "lacking principles or scruples", so notorious is there to be ruled out.
Play notorious
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so notorious reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other states and conditions words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
One vocabulary, two jobs
notorious is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.