States and conditions

Synonyms for custody

The synonym for custody recorded in this bank is hold, in the sense "a state of being confined (usually for a short time)". 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 · noun

The synonym for custody

holdnoun, in the sense "a state of being confined (usually for a short time)"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for custody.

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsStates and conditions

a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

He is in the custody of police.

This is the whole of what a player sees before choosing. The meaning has to come out of it.

The true synonym

hold

Same sentence, swapped: He is in the hold of police.

Close but different

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

solitary
wing
incarceration

Where custody turns up in the game

custody 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 custody

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so custody 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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amountverb, nouncometo measure up to in kind or qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line angryadjectivewildas if showing violent angerFoothills areanounfielda particular environment or walk of lifeFoothills2 senses atmospherenounaira distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thingFoothills2 senses achingadjectiveachycausing a dull and steady painHigh Camp actualadjectivefactualexisting in act or factRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line affiliationnountiea social or business relationshipRidgelineHas a reason line possibilitynounopeninga possible alternativeFoothills

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