Giving and transferring
Synonyms for charity
The synonym for charity recorded in this bank is aid, in the sense "voluntary giving of money or help to those in need". 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 charity
- aidnoun, in the sense "voluntary giving of money or help to those in need"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for charity.
voluntary giving of money or help to those in need
The family survived the winter on charity from their neighbors.
The true synonym
aid
Same sentence, swapped: The family survived the winter on aid from their neighbors.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- credit
- tribute
- commission
Where charity turns up in the game
charity 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 charity is the trap
- identitynoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is individuality, in the sense "the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity", and charity is on the board beside it.
Play charity
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so charity reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from giving and transferring at Foothills outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. charity carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.