Competition
Synonyms for cutthroat
The synonym for cutthroat recorded in this bank is predatory, in the sense "ruthlessly competitive, willing to harm rivals' interests to win". 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 cutthroat
- predatoryadjective, in the sense "ruthlessly competitive, willing to harm rivals' interests to win"
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 cutthroat is audited in a second meaning.
ruthlessly competitive, willing to harm rivals' interests to win
The cutthroat world of investment banking rewards those who outmaneuver their colleagues.
The true synonym
predatory
Same sentence, swapped: The predatory world of investment banking rewards those who outmaneuver their colleagues.
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 cutthroat in the sentence quoted.
- lucrative
- exclusive
- meticulous
Where cutthroat turns up in the game
cutthroat 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 cutthroat is the trap
- goryadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is bloodstained, in the sense "covered with blood", so cutthroat is there to be ruled out.
Play cutthroat
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so cutthroat reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because competition is the company cutthroat keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. cutthroat carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.