Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for obtuse

The synonym for obtuse recorded in this bank is purblind, in the sense "lacking in insight or discernment". 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 5, Summit · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for obtuse

purblindadjective, in the sense "lacking in insight or discernment"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day obtuse is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 5, SummitThinking and knowing

lacking in insight or discernment

Too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

purblind

Same sentence, swapped: Too purblind to grasp the implications of his behavior.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

unfeeling
unsympathetic
catatonic

Where obtuse turns up in the game

obtuse is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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