Communication
Synonyms for vernacular
The synonym for vernacular recorded in this bank is patois, in the sense "the everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people". 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 vernacular
- patoisnoun, in the sense "the everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people"
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 vernacular is audited in a second meaning.
the everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people
The novel's dialogue was written in the vernacular of the docks, full of slang and clipped grammar.
The true synonym
patois
Same sentence, swapped: The novel's dialogue was written in the patois of the docks, full of slang and clipped grammar.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- syntax
- etymology
- grammar
Where vernacular turns up in the game
vernacular 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where vernacular is the trap
- vulgaradjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is coarse, in the sense "lacking refinement or cultivation or taste", and vernacular is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play vernacular
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so vernacular 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 ring widens as it goes, from communication at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. vernacular carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.