People and roles

Synonyms for companion

The synonym for companion recorded in this bank is friend, in the sense "a person who accompanies or spends time with another". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for companion

friendnoun, in the sense "a person who accompanies or spends time with another"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and companion carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsPeople and roles

a person who accompanies or spends time with another.

The old man walked his dog every morning, glad to have a companion at his side.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

friend

Same sentence, swapped: The old man walked his dog every morning, glad to have a friend at his side.

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 companion is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

stranger
critic
employer

Where companion turns up in the game

companion is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play companion

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so companion 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 wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. companion carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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