Giving and transferring
Synonyms for confer
The synonym for confer recorded in this bank is bestow, in the sense "to formally grant or bestow an honor, right, or title". 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 confer
- bestowverb, in the sense "to formally grant or bestow an honor, right, or title"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day confer is audited in a second meaning.
to formally grant or bestow an honor, right, or title
The university will confer an honorary degree on the retiring professor.
The true synonym
bestow
Same sentence, swapped: The university will bestow an honorary degree on the retiring professor.
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.
- revoke
- publicize
- evaluate
Where confer turns up in the game
confer is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. 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 confer is the trap
- commiserateverb, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is condole, in the sense "to express sympathy or share sorrow with someone over their loss or misfortune", and confer is on the board beside it.
Play confer
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so confer 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 giving and transferring is the company confer keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. confer carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.