Qualities
Synonyms for reluctant
The synonym for reluctant recorded in this bank is loath, in the sense "unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom". 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 reluctant
- loathadjective, in the sense "unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for reluctant.
unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
A reluctant smile.
The true synonym
loath
Same sentence, swapped: A loath smile.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- deliberate
- staggering
- idle
Where reluctant turns up in the game
reluctant 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where reluctant is the trap
- deliberateadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is measured, in the sense "carefully thought out in advance", so reluctant is there to be ruled out.
- forthcomingadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is liberal, in the sense "willing to provide help, information, or money when needed", and reluctant is on the board beside it.
- languidadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is dreamy, in the sense "lacking spirit or liveliness", and reluctant is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play reluctant
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so reluctant 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 qualities is the company reluctant keeps.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
reluctant is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.