Communication

Synonyms for rejoinder

The synonym for rejoinder recorded in this bank is riposte, in the sense "a quick, sharp reply to something said". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for rejoinder

ripostenoun, in the sense "a quick, sharp reply to something said"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and rejoinder carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 4, High CampCommunication

a quick, sharp reply to something said

Her rejoinder silenced the heckler before he could finish his sentence.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

riposte

Same sentence, swapped: Her riposte silenced the heckler before he could finish his sentence.

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.

apology
preamble
monologue

Where rejoinder turns up in the game

rejoinder 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 rejoinder

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rejoinder reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. rejoinder carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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