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Giving and transferring

Synonyms for contribute

The synonym for contribute recorded in this bank is donate, in the sense "to give something, such as money or effort, as part of a shared effort". 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 · verb · 1 reason line

The synonym for contribute

  • donateverb, in the sense "to give something, such as money or effort, as part of a shared effort"

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

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsGiving and transferring

to give something, such as money or effort, as part of a shared effort

Each employee was asked to contribute a small amount from every paycheck to the disaster relief fund.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

donate

Same sentence, swapped: Each employee was asked to donate a small amount from every paycheck to the disaster relief fund.

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 contribute in the sentence quoted.

  • invest
  • borrow
  • withdraw

Where contribute turns up in the game

contribute 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 contribute

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so contribute reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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

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