People and roles

Synonyms for brave

The synonym for brave recorded in this bank is intrepid, in the sense "showing courage in the face of danger". 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 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 3 puzzles

The synonym for brave

intrepidadjective, in the sense "showing courage in the face of danger"

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 brave is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelinePeople and roles

showing courage in the face of danger

The brave firefighter ran back into the burning building to save the child.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

intrepid

Same sentence, swapped: The intrepid firefighter ran back into the burning building to save the child.

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

timid
cautious
hesitant

Where brave turns up in the game

brave 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 three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where brave is the trap

brightadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is brilliant, in the sense "clear and sharp and ringing", and brave is on the board beside it.
gayadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sunny, in the sense "bright and pleasant", so brave is there to be ruled out.
timidnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is cautious, in the sense "people who are fearful and cautious", so brave is there to be ruled out.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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