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Synonyms for barter
The synonym for barter recorded in this bank is trade, in the sense "an equal exchange". 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 barter
- tradenoun, in the sense "an equal exchange"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and barter carries one sense so far.
an equal exchange
We had no money so we had to live by barter.
The true synonym
trade
Same sentence, swapped: We had no money so we had to live by trade.
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 barter is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- conversion
- consignment
- deliverance
Where barter turns up in the game
barter is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 barter is the trap
- profiteerverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is gouge, in the sense "to make an unfair profit, especially by charging excessive prices during a shortage or emergency", and barter is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play barter
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so barter 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 actions words at Ridgeline, 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. barter carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.