Communication
Synonyms for pontificate
The synonym for pontificate recorded in this bank is declaim, in the sense "to speak in a pompous, self-important, dogmatic way". 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 pontificate
- declaimverb, in the sense "to speak in a pompous, self-important, dogmatic way"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for pontificate.
to speak in a pompous, self-important, dogmatic way
He loved to pontificate about wine to anyone who would listen, whether they'd asked or not.
The true synonym
declaim
Same sentence, swapped: He loved to declaim about wine to anyone who would listen, whether they'd asked or not.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot pontificate is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- murmur
- eavesdrop
- translate
Where pontificate turns up in the game
pontificate is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 pontificate
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pontificate reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from communication at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pontificate carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.