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Synonyms for taciturn

The synonym for taciturn recorded in this bank is reticent, in the sense "reserved and saying very little; disinclined to talk". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line

The synonym for taciturn

  • reticentadjective, in the sense "reserved and saying very little; disinclined to talk"

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 taciturn is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineSocial life

reserved and saying very little; disinclined to talk

The taciturn shopkeeper answered questions with a single nod.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

reticent

Same sentence, swapped: The reticent shopkeeper answered questions with a single nod.

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 taciturn in the sentence quoted.

  • sullen
  • gruff
  • dour

Where taciturn turns up in the game

taciturn 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 taciturn

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so taciturn reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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The wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. taciturn carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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