People and roles
Synonyms for apprentice
The synonym for apprentice recorded in this bank is trainee, in the sense "a person learning a trade under a skilled worker". 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 apprentice
- traineenoun, in the sense "a person learning a trade under a skilled worker"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day apprentice is audited in a second meaning.
a person learning a trade under a skilled worker
The apprentice spent five years learning the trade under a master carpenter.
The true synonym
trainee
Same sentence, swapped: The trainee spent five years learning the trade under a master carpenter.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot apprentice is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- journeyman
- foreman
- veteran
Where apprentice turns up in the game
apprentice is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where apprentice is the trap
- teachernoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is instructor, in the sense "a person who instructs others, especially in a school", with apprentice sitting one tile away.
- designernoun, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is intriguer, in the sense "a person who devises plots or intrigues", and apprentice is on the board beside it.
Play apprentice
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so apprentice reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other people and roles words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. apprentice carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.