People and roles
Synonyms for automaton
The synonym for automaton recorded in this bank is zombie, in the sense "someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way". 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 automaton
- zombienoun, in the sense "someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way"
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 automaton is audited in a second meaning.
someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
Only an automaton wouldn't have noticed.
The true synonym
zombie
Same sentence, swapped: Only an zombie wouldn't have noticed.
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 automaton is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- golem
- smasher
- preserver
Where automaton turns up in the game
automaton is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play automaton
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so automaton 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 High Camp outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. automaton carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.