People and roles
Synonyms for carrier
The synonym for carrier recorded in this bank is bearer, in the sense "someone whose employment involves carrying something". 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 carrier
- bearernoun, in the sense "someone whose employment involves carrying something"
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 carrier is audited in a second meaning.
someone whose employment involves carrying something
The bonds were transmitted by carrier.
The true synonym
bearer
Same sentence, swapped: The bonds were transmitted by bearer.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- newsboy
- flattop
- astronaut
Where carrier turns up in the game
carrier 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 two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where carrier is the trap
- posternoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bill, in the sense "a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement", so carrier is there to be ruled out.
- bearernoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is holder, in the sense "the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to them or to whoever holds it", so carrier is there to be ruled out.
Play carrier
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so carrier 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 carrier keeps.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
carrier is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.