Giving and transferring
Synonyms for forthcoming
The synonym for forthcoming recorded in this bank is liberal, in the sense "willing to provide help, information, or money when needed". 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 forthcoming
- liberaladjective, in the sense "willing to provide help, information, or money when needed"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and forthcoming carries one sense so far.
willing to provide help, information, or money when needed
Once they saw the proposal, the investors were surprisingly forthcoming with extra funding.
The true synonym
liberal
Same sentence, swapped: Once they saw the proposal, the investors were surprisingly liberal with extra funding.
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 forthcoming is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- cautious
- skeptical
- reluctant
Where forthcoming turns up in the game
forthcoming is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. 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 forthcoming
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so forthcoming 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 giving and transferring words at Treeline, 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. forthcoming carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.