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Synonyms for ahead
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
having the leading position or higher score in a contest
He is ahead by a pawn.
The true synonym
leading
Same sentence, swapped: He is leading by a pawn.
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 ahead as it is used in the sentence above.
- early
- major
- above
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