Time
Synonyms for protracted
The synonym for protracted recorded in this bank is lengthy, in the sense "lasting for a longer time than expected or usual". 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 protracted
- lengthyadjective, in the sense "lasting for a longer time than expected or usual"
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 protracted is audited in a second meaning.
lasting for a longer time than expected or usual
Negotiations turned into a protracted dispute that lasted for years.
The true synonym
lengthy
Same sentence, swapped: Negotiations turned into a lengthy dispute that lasted for years.
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.
- heated
- unanimous
- confidential
Where protracted turns up in the game
protracted is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 protracted
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so protracted 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 time is the company protracted keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. protracted carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.