Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for skeptical
The synonym for skeptical recorded in this bank is chary, in the sense "having doubts about the truth or value of something". 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 skeptical
- charyadjective, in the sense "having doubts about the truth or value of something"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and skeptical carries one sense so far.
having doubts about the truth or value of something
Reviewers stayed skeptical of the study's dramatic claims until the data were replicated.
The true synonym
chary
Same sentence, swapped: Reviewers stayed chary of the study's dramatic claims until the data were replicated.
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 skeptical in the sentence quoted.
- envious
- hostile
- indifferent
Where skeptical turns up in the game
skeptical 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 skeptical is the trap
- forthcomingadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is liberal, in the sense "willing to provide help, information, or money when needed", and skeptical is one of the three tiles that lose.
- apatheticadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is listless, in the sense "in a state of having little interest, emotion, or concern", so skeptical is there to be ruled out.
- cursoryadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is perfunctory, in the sense "hasty and superficial, lacking thoroughness", so skeptical is there to be ruled out.
Play skeptical
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so skeptical 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 thinking and knowing is the company skeptical keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. skeptical carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.