Communication
Synonyms for watchword
The synonym for watchword recorded in this bank is cry, in the sense "a slogan used to rally support for a cause". 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 watchword
- crynoun, in the sense "a slogan used to rally support for a cause"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for watchword.
a slogan used to rally support for a cause
Our watchword will be 'democracy'.
The true synonym
cry
Same sentence, swapped: Our cry will be 'democracy'.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where watchword stands in the sentence above.
- conscription
- clarion
- token
Where watchword turns up in the game
watchword 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 watchword is the trap
- crynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is yell, in the sense "a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate)", with watchword sitting one tile away.
Play watchword
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so watchword reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
Free with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.
The ring widens as it goes, from communication at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
watchword is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.