Time
Synonyms for era
Synonyms for era: age and epoch. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for era
Interchangeable with era in this sense
Audited under era's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one era carries in that sense.
- agenoun, in the sense "a distinct period of time in history"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name era as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- epochepoch is a noun in the sense "a distinct, often significant period of time, especially one marking a new development"
one of these comes from era's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
a distinct period of time in history
The internet ushered in a new era of communication.
The true synonym
age
Same sentence, swapped: The internet ushered in a new age of communication.
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 era is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- relic
- legacy
- keepsake
Where era turns up in the game
era is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. 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 era is the trap
- napnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sleep, in the sense "a period of time spent sleeping", so era is there to be ruled out.
Play era
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so era reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other time words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. era carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.