Communication

Synonyms for oblige

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

provide a service or favor for someone

The waiter was happy to oblige when we asked for more bread.

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

The true synonym

accommodate

Same sentence, swapped: The waiter was happy to accommodate when we asked for more bread.

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 oblige as it is used in the sentence above.

compel
bind
dictate

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

disapproveverbrejectdeem wrong or inappropriateRidgelineHas a reason line discourageverbdetertry to preventRidgelineHas a reason line dissuadeverbdeterturn away from by persuasionRidgelineHas a reason line dwellverbharpcome back toRidgeline intendverbmeanmean or intend to express or conveyFoothills introduceverbpresentcause to come to know personallyFoothillsHas a reason line intrudeverbobtrudethrust oneself in as if by forceSummitHas a reason line frameverbborderenclose in or as if in a frameFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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