Social life

Synonyms for dissent

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, RidgelineSocial life

express opposition through action or words

They dissent whenever the council announces a new rule.

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

The true synonym

resist

Same sentence, swapped: They resist whenever the council announces a new rule.

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 dissent as it is used in the sentence above.

veto
nix
blackball

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