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Synonyms for avenge

The synonym for avenge recorded in this bank is revenge, in the sense "take revenge for a perceived wrong". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb

The synonym for avenge

revengeverb, in the sense "take revenge for a perceived wrong"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and avenge carries one sense so far.

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineCompetition

take revenge for a perceived wrong

He wants to avenge the murder of his brother.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

revenge

Same sentence, swapped: He wants to revenge the murder of his brother.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where avenge stands in the sentence above.

execute
discipline
scourge

Where avenge turns up in the game

avenge 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 avenge

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so avenge reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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