Communication

Synonyms for sport

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

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsCommunication

verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

He said it in sport.

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

The true synonym

play

Same sentence, swapped: He said it in play.

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 sport as it is used in the sentence above.

mutant
bite
irony

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Closest first: other communication words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

screamingnoun, adjectivescreechingsharp piercing cryFoothills2 senses secondverb, nounbackgive support or one's approval toFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line sendverbpostcause to be directed or transmitted to another placeFoothills seriesnounseriala serialized set of programsFoothillsHas a reason line excuseverbexplainserve as a reason or cause or justification ofFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line exposenoununmaskingthe exposure of an impostor or a fraudHigh Camp expressverbstateindicate through a symbol, formula, etc.Foothills2 sensesHas a reason line jumpverbspringmove forward by leaps and boundsFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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