People and roles
Synonyms for alternative
The synonym for alternative recorded in this bank is substitute, in the sense "serving or used in place of another". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for alternative
- substituteadjective, in the sense "serving or used in place of another"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and alternative carries one sense so far.
serving or used in place of another
An alternative plan.
The true synonym
substitute
Same sentence, swapped: An substitute plan.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where alternative stands in the sentence above.
- voluntary
- optional
- elective
Where alternative turns up in the game
alternative is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where alternative is the trap
- temporaryadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is irregular, in the sense "lacking continuity or regularity", and alternative is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play alternative
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so alternative reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from people and roles at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
alternative is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.