Communication

Synonyms for coverage

The synonym for coverage recorded in this bank is reporting, in the sense "the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television". 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 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for coverage

reportingnoun, in the sense "the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television"

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 coverage is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineCommunication

the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television

They accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

reporting

Same sentence, swapped: They accused the paper of biased reporting of race relations.

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 coverage is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

newscast
account
story

Where coverage turns up in the game

coverage 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 one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where coverage is the trap

storynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is report, in the sense "a short account of the news", so coverage is there to be ruled out.

Play coverage

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

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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Closest first: other communication words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

confrontverbfacedeal with (something unpleasant) head onTreelineHas a reason line constructionnounstructurea thing constructedTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line covernoun, verbscreeningthe act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of itTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line confidentialadjectivesecretgiven in confidence or in secretTreeline conflictnounbattlean open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)Treeline2 sensesHas a reason line rapportnountrusta close, harmonious relationship in which people understand each other well.TreelineHas a reason line rashadjective, nounrecklessmarked by defiant disregard for danger or consequencesTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line rateverb, nounvalueestimate the value ofFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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