People and roles
Synonyms for bum
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
person who does no work
A lazy bum.
The true synonym
loafer
Same sentence, swapped: A lazy loafer.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for bum as it is used in the sentence above.
- rear
- rat
- striker
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