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Synonyms for fete
Synonyms for fete: lionize and festival. 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 fete
Interchangeable with fete in this sense
Audited under fete's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one fete carries in that sense.
- lionizeverb, in the sense "to honor or entertain someone lavishly at a public celebration"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name fete as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- festivalfestival is a noun in the sense "an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)"
one of these comes from fete'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.
to honor or entertain someone lavishly at a public celebration
The city planned to fete the returning astronauts with a parade down Main Street.
The true synonym
lionize
Same sentence, swapped: The city planned to lionize the returning astronauts with a parade down Main Street.
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 fete is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- audit
- adjudicate
- franchise
Where fete turns up in the game
fete is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. 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 fete
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fete 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 events is the company fete keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. fete carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.