People and roles

Synonyms for nondescript

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

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampPeople and roles

lacking distinct or individual characteristics

A nondescript novel.

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

The true synonym

characterless

Same sentence, swapped: A characterless novel.

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 nondescript as it is used in the sentence above.

prosaic
homespun
homely

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Closest first: other people and roles words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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