Social life
Synonyms for ostracize
The synonym for ostracize recorded in this bank is exclude, in the sense "to deliberately exclude someone from a group or from society". 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 ostracize
- excludeverb, in the sense "to deliberately exclude someone from a group or from society"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and ostracize carries one sense so far.
to deliberately exclude someone from a group or from society
After the scandal, former colleagues began to ostracize him at every industry event.
The true synonym
exclude
Same sentence, swapped: After the scandal, former colleagues began to exclude him at every industry event.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- criticize
- interrogate
- investigate
Where ostracize turns up in the game
ostracize 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 ostracize
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so ostracize reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. ostracize carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.