People and roles
Synonyms for bully
The synonym for bully recorded in this bank is intimidate, in the sense "to intimidate or mistreat someone weaker, especially repeatedly". 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 bully
- intimidateverb, in the sense "to intimidate or mistreat someone weaker, especially repeatedly"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for bully.
to intimidate or mistreat someone weaker, especially repeatedly.
The older boy would bully the younger kids for their lunch money every day.
The true synonym
intimidate
Same sentence, swapped: The older boy would intimidate the younger kids for their lunch money every day.
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 bully is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- befriend
- protect
- ignore
Where bully turns up in the game
bully is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 bully is the trap
- coaxverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is cajole, in the sense "to persuade gently through flattery or patience", with bully sitting one tile away.
Play bully
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so bully reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because people and roles is the company bully keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. bully carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.