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Synonyms for concurrent
The synonym for concurrent recorded in this bank is simultaneous, in the sense "happening or existing at the same time as something else". 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 concurrent
- simultaneousadjective, in the sense "happening or existing at the same time as something else"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and concurrent carries one sense so far.
happening or existing at the same time as something else
The judge sentenced him to two concurrent five-year terms.
The true synonym
simultaneous
Same sentence, swapped: The judge sentenced him to two simultaneous five-year terms.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for concurrent in the sentence quoted.
- lenient
- suspended
- mandatory
Where concurrent turns up in the game
concurrent 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 concurrent is the trap
- analogousadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is correspondent, in the sense "similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar", and concurrent is on the board beside it.
- radialadjective, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is stellate, in the sense "arranged like rays or radii", and concurrent is on the board beside it.
Play concurrent
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so concurrent 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 time is the company concurrent keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. concurrent carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.