States and conditions
Synonyms for rude
Synonyms for rude: primitive and uncivil. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for rude
Interchangeable with rude in this sense
Audited under rude's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one rude carries in that sense.
- primitiveadjective, in the sense "belonging to an early stage of technical development"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name rude as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- unciviluncivil is an adjective in the sense "lacking civility or good manners"
The first group is filed under rude's own sense. The second reaches rude from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
belonging to an early stage of technical development
The crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man.
The true synonym
primitive
Same sentence, swapped: The crude weapons and primitive agricultural implements of early man.
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 rude is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- natural
- unmannerly
- ordinary
Where rude turns up in the game
rude is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where rude is the trap
- bashfuladjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is shy, in the sense "shy and easily embarrassed in company", so rude is there to be ruled out.
- illadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is sick, in the sense "affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function", with rude sitting one tile away.
- ordinaryadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is average, in the sense "lacking special distinction, rank, or status", and rude is on the board beside it.
- reservedadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is reticent, in the sense "slow to reveal one's thoughts or feelings; socially restrained", and rude is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play rude
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so rude reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. rude carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.