Qualities

Synonyms for vulgar

Synonyms for vulgar: common and coarse. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 2 senses · adjective · 1 reason line

The 2 synonyms for vulgar

commonadjective, in the sense "being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language"
coarseadjective, in the sense "lacking refinement or cultivation or taste"

Two senses of vulgar, two audited synonyms, one for each. The bank does not stack alternatives under a sense it has not separated.

Sense 1 of 2adjectiveTier 2, TreelineQualities

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

Latin gave way to the vulgar speech of ordinary people.

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

The true synonym

common

Same sentence, swapped: Latin gave way to the common speech of ordinary people.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

shameless
clumsy
inappropriate

Sense 2 of 2adjectiveTier 3, RidgelineQualities

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

The vulgar display of the newly rich.

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

The true synonym

coarse

Same sentence, swapped: The coarse display of the newly rich.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot vulgar is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

unwashed
vernacular
secondary

Where vulgar turns up in the game

vulgar is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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sweepverb, nounbroomsweep with a broom or as if with a broomTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line talladjectivemarveloustoo improbable to admit of beliefTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line thinadjectiveleanlacking excess fleshTreelineHas a reason line threateningadjectiveominousthreatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developmentsTreelineHas a reason line durabilitynounstrengthpermanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or forceHigh CampHas a reason line durableadjectiveindestructiblevery long lastingRidgeline earthyadjectivegrossconspicuously and tastelessly indecentRidgeline tastingnountastea kind of sensingTreeline

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