People and roles

Synonyms for slowpoke

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 5, SummitPeople and roles

someone who moves slowly

Come on, you slowpoke, we will miss the train.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

slowcoach

Same sentence, swapped: Come on, you slowcoach, we will miss the train.

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 slowpoke as it is used in the sentence above.

sleepyhead
tortoise
drone

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