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Synonyms for expiry

Synonyms for expiry: termination and death. 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.

2 synonyms · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 2 synonyms for expiry

Interchangeable with expiry in this sense

Audited under expiry's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one expiry carries in that sense.

terminationnoun, in the sense "a coming to an end of a contract period"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name expiry as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

deathdeath is a noun in the sense "the event of dying or departure from life"

Two directions, one standard: one audited under expiry and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.

The sensenounTier 4, High CampTime

a coming to an end of a contract period

The expiry of his driver's license.

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

The true synonym

termination

Same sentence, swapped: The termination of his driver's license.

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

demise
limit
tail

Where expiry turns up in the game

expiry is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 expiry is the trap

decelerationnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is slowing, in the sense "a decrease in rate of change", and expiry is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play expiry

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so expiry 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. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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ephemeraladjectivepassinglasting a very short timeHigh Camp eveningnouneventidethe latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)High CampHas a reason line pastnounyesteryearthe time that has elapsedHigh CampHas a reason line protractedadjectivelengthylasting for a longer time than expected or usualRidgelineHas a reason line provisionaladjectivetentativeunder terms not final or fully worked out or agreed uponRidgeline punctualadjectiveprompthappening or arriving at the expected or arranged timeTreelineHas a reason line regulateverborderbring into conformity with rules or principles or usageRidgeline2 senses regurgitateverbreproducerepeat after memorizationHigh Camp

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. expiry carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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