Communication

Synonyms for wrangle

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineCommunication

to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively

The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street.

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

The true synonym

brawl

Same sentence, swapped: The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to brawl on down the street.

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 wrangle as it is used in the sentence above.

quibble
goad
moot

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

oraladjectiveunwrittenusing speech rather than writingRidgelineHas a reason line packagingnounpromotiona message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institutionRidgelineHas a reason line quibbleverbsquabbleargue over petty thingsRidgeline quoteverbciterefer to for illustration or proofRidgelineHas a reason line faxverbfacsimilesend something via a facsimile machineHigh CampHas a reason line fixnoun, verblocationa determination of the place where something isFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line floornounbasea lower limitFoothillsHas a reason line trendnouncoursegeneral line of orientationRidgelineHas a reason line

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