Communication
Synonyms for reply
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
He growled his reply.
The true synonym
response
Same sentence, swapped: He growled his response.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for reply as it is used in the sentence above.
- bid
- proposition
- dispatch
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Closest first: other communication words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
approveverbokaygive sanction toTreelineaudionounsoundthe audible part of a transmitted signalTreelineHas a reason linebargainnoundealan agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of eachTreelineHas a reason linebidnoun, verbplayan attempt to get somethingTreeline2 sensesHas a reason linequibbleverbsquabbleargue over petty thingsRidgelinequoteverbciterefer to for illustration or proofRidgelineHas a reason lineramblingadjectivediscursivetending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjectsSummitestimateverbguessjudge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)Treeline
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