Communication
Synonyms for prodding
The synonym for prodding recorded in this bank is spur, in the sense "a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something". 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 prodding
- spurnoun, in the sense "a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for prodding.
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
The ceaseless prodding got on his nerves.
The true synonym
spur
Same sentence, swapped: The ceaseless spur got on his nerves.
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.
- fostering
- furtherance
- advancement
Where prodding turns up in the game
prodding 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 prodding
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so prodding reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because communication is the company prodding keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. prodding carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.