Communication
Synonyms for quote
The synonym for quote recorded in this bank is cite, in the sense "refer to for illustration or proof". 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 quote
- citeverb, in the sense "refer to for illustration or proof"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for quote.
refer to for illustration or proof
He said he could quote several instances of this behavior.
The true synonym
cite
Same sentence, swapped: He said he could cite several instances of this behavior.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for quote in the sentence quoted.
- appeal
- commend
- declare
Where quote turns up in the game
quote is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where quote is the trap
- tracknoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is cut, in the sense "a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc", with quote sitting one tile away.
- dwellverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is harp, in the sense "come back to", and quote is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play quote
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so quote 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 Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. quote carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.