Giving and transferring
Synonyms for concede
The synonym for concede recorded in this bank is grant, in the sense "to give up or yield, acknowledging another's claim". 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 concede
- grantverb, in the sense "to give up or yield, acknowledging another's claim"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and concede carries one sense so far.
to give up or yield, acknowledging another's claim
Tennis players sometimes concede a point rather than dispute a close call.
The true synonym
grant
Same sentence, swapped: Tennis players sometimes grant a point rather than dispute a close call.
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 concede is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- dispute
- appeal
- review
Where concede turns up in the game
concede is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 concede is the trap
Play concede
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so concede reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other giving and transferring words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. concede carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.