Communication
Synonyms for rebuke
The synonym for rebuke recorded in this bank is reprimand, in the sense "an act or expression of criticism and censure". 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 rebuke
- reprimandnoun, in the sense "an act or expression of criticism and censure"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and rebuke carries one sense so far.
an act or expression of criticism and censure
He had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face.
The true synonym
reprimand
Same sentence, swapped: He had to take the reprimand with a smile on his face.
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 rebuke is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- flak
- potshot
- carping
Where rebuke turns up in the game
rebuke is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where rebuke is the trap
- laudverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is extol, in the sense "to praise highly, especially in public", and rebuke is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play rebuke
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rebuke reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other communication words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. rebuke carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.