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Synonyms for contention
The synonym for contention recorded in this bank is competition, in the sense "the act of competing as for profit or a prize". 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 contention
- competitionnoun, in the sense "the act of competing as for profit or a prize"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and contention carries one sense so far.
the act of competing as for profit or a prize
The teams were in fierce contention for first place.
The true synonym
competition
Same sentence, swapped: The teams were in fierce competition for first place.
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.
- controversy
- cooperation
- compliance
Where contention turns up in the game
contention 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 contention is the trap
- competitionnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is rival, in the sense "the contestant you hope to defeat", and contention is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play contention
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so contention 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 ring widens as it goes, from actions at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. contention carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.