People and roles

Synonyms for custodial

The synonym for custodial recorded in this bank is tutelary, in the sense "providing protective supervision". 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 5, Summit · 1 sense · adjective

The synonym for custodial

tutelaryadjective, in the sense "providing protective supervision"

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

The senseadjectiveTier 5, SummitPeople and roles

providing protective supervision

Daycare that is educational and not just custodial.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

tutelary

Same sentence, swapped: Daycare that is educational and not just tutelary.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

observant
wary
prudent

Where custodial turns up in the game

custodial is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. 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 custodial

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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. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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