Communication
Synonyms for sarcasm
The synonym for sarcasm recorded in this bank is irony, in the sense "witty language used to convey insults or scorn". 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 sarcasm
- ironynoun, in the sense "witty language used to convey insults or scorn"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day sarcasm is audited in a second meaning.
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
He used sarcasm to upset his opponent.
The true synonym
irony
Same sentence, swapped: He used irony to upset his opponent.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for sarcasm in the sentence quoted.
- imitation
- jest
- repartee
Where sarcasm turns up in the game
sarcasm is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 sarcasm
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sarcasm 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 communication is the company sarcasm keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. sarcasm carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.