Communication
Synonyms for commonplace
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
repeated too often
His remarks were trite and commonplace.
The true synonym
tired
Same sentence, swapped: His remarks were trite and tired.
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 commonplace as it is used in the sentence above.
- humble
- lean
- severe
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Closest first: other communication words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
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