Qualities
Synonyms for avarice
The synonym for avarice recorded in this bank is greed, in the sense "extreme greed for wealth or material gain". 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 avarice
- greednoun, in the sense "extreme greed for wealth or material gain"
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 avarice is audited in a second meaning.
extreme greed for wealth or material gain
The old miser's avarice kept the house cold even in the depths of winter.
The true synonym
greed
Same sentence, swapped: The old miser's greed kept the house cold even in the depths of winter.
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 avarice is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- thrift
- caution
- poverty
Where avarice turns up in the game
avarice is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 avarice
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so avarice 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 qualities words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. avarice carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.