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Synonyms for belated

The synonym for belated recorded in this bank is late, in the sense "coming later than expected or than it should have". 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 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for belated

lateadjective, in the sense "coming later than expected or than it should have"

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 belated is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsTime

coming later than expected or than it should have

She sent a belated birthday card two weeks after the actual date.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

late

Same sentence, swapped: She sent a late birthday card two weeks after the actual date.

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 belated is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

forged
generous
anonymous

Where belated turns up in the game

belated 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where belated is the trap

sizableadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is hefty, in the sense "fairly large in amount", so belated is there to be ruled out.

Play belated

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

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