Groups and collections

Synonyms for colony

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineGroups and collections

a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland

The American colony in Paris.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

settlement

Same sentence, swapped: The American settlement in Paris.

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 colony as it is used in the sentence above.

dependency
leadership
corps

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Closest first: other groups and collections words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

fraternitynounbrotherhoodpeople engaged in a particular occupationTreelineHas a reason line membershipnounrankthe body of members of an organization or groupTreelineHas a reason line networknounweban interconnected system of things or peopleTreelineHas a reason line rashadjective, nounrecklessmarked by defiant disregard for danger or consequencesTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line posteritynoundescendantsall of the offspring of a given progenitorRidgelineHas a reason line publicnounworldpeople in general considered as a wholeFoothillsHas a reason line quartetnounfoursomefour people considered as a unitRidgelineHas a reason line outstandingadjectivegreatof major significance or importanceTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line

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